A close look at jokes in pragmatic aspect

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  • Ho Dang Tuong Nguyen
    Cooperation and Research Management, HCMC Open University., VN

Keywords:

Pragmatics; joke; utterance; referent; presupposition; maxim; deixis; politeness; face; speech act; cooperation

Abstract

This article aims at studying various features of pragmatics in every day jokes to understand why they are so funny, unpredictable and unexpected as well as what provides them with these characteristics.

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Received: 02-06-2020
Accepted: 02-06-2020
Published: 03-06-2011

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Nguyen, H. D. T. (2011). A close look at jokes in pragmatic aspect. HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - SOCIAL SCIENCES, 1(1), 46–49. Retrieved from https://journalofscience.ou.edu.vn/index.php/soci-en/article/view/303

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