Naruszanie tabu jako źródło komizmu we francuskich przysłowiach i zagadkach
Violation of taboo as a source of humour in French comic proverbs and riddles

Summary/Abstract: In French comic proverbs and riddles mechanisms of comism connected with taboo can be definedby means of semantic and stylistic analysis, however, the most comprehensive description can beobtained by employing linguistic pragmatics as research instruments. Comic violation of taboostems from breaching the maxims of politeness and quantity. Another source of humour derivesfrom the contrast between cultural presupposition and the sense of the sentence or its implication.Implied topics are the basis for humour, quite like the implied structure of an utterance. Such sentencesrepresent indirect speech acts: illocutionary tropes, as well as allusive derivatives packedwith vulgarisms. From the semantic point of view, contrasts between specific inherent semes andafferent ones prevail. Oppositions within specific inherent semes or afferent contextual ones canalso be observed. Comic proverbs and riddles represent puns, simple or complex tropes as well asrhymed paraphrases. Taboo content can be found in lexemes with broad connotations.

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