In:
Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Vol. 32, No. 2 ( 2019-11-5), p. 650-684
Abstract:
Over the last few years there has been a rapprochement between Cognitive Linguistics and semantic theories of humour based on the notion of script or frame . By drawing on Ritchie’s version of the theory of frame-shifting ( 2005 ) and reviewing the cognitive linguistic account of humour, we shall demonstrate how the interpretation of jokes containing a metaphor or a metonymy involves two cognitive-pragmatic tasks: the completion of the metaphorical/metonymic mapping that results in a new frame, and the resolution of the joke’s incongruity via a contrast with the surrounding frames of the joke. We also develop a classification of frame shifts according to their ontological structure (non-metaphorical/metonymic shifts and shifts based on metaphorical and/or metonymic reasoning) and the degree of the interpreter’s inferential activity (conceptual filling out and metaphor/metonymy replacement). In doing so, we attempt to identify some of the defining features of humorous metaphors and metonymies, as well as other phenomena that may also characterise jokes.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0213-2028
,
2254-6774
DOI:
10.1075/resla.16047.her
Language:
English
Publisher:
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Publication Date:
2019
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2420888-7
SSG:
7,36
SSG:
7,34
