Essays about: "Wilson and Sperber"

Found 5 essays containing the words Wilson and Sperber.

1. 1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to Irony

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Simon Torffvit; [2022]
   Keywords : irony; humor; principle of relevance; literature teaching; English as a Foreign Language; EFL; maxims of conversation; close reading; The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : In this paper, I explore how Douglas Adams’ comedic 1979 science-fiction novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy could be used to improve English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ understanding of irony. Specifically, the study is based on criteria for the English 5 course in Swedish upper secondary school and is performed using a combined theoretical framework of Dan Sperber and Deidre Wilson’s principle of relevance and Paul Grice’s maxims of conversation. READ MORE

3. 2. Stereotypes in British Comedy : An Analysis of Open All Hours and The Good Life

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

   Author : AINTZANE BELAMENDIA; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The aim of this work is to analyse how the comic effect is constructed from a series ofstereotypes that characterize the British sitcoms of the 1970s and 1980s. It is based on thewriter´s hypothesis that British television situation comedy in the second half of the twentiethcentury depended heavily on depicting mythical stereotypical characters in British society andconfronting these with aspects of modernity, especially in relation to the relaxation of sexualmores and the erosion of class distinction. READ MORE

4. 3. No Laughing Matter : A study of the use of comedy in public service announcements

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

   Author : Josefin Johansson; [2017]
   Keywords : Public service announcements; Advertisements; Advertising; Semantics; Pragmatics; Ambiguity; The United Kingdom; The United States; Australia;

   Abstract : This essay is a study which is intended to explore how public service announcements in broadcast media use humour as a method of conveying their core messages in a manner which is both memorable and persuasive; to consider why humour is chosen as a strategy; and to identify the similarities and differences in the use of humour in PSAs and commercial broadcast advertising. Six video commercials were analysed in total: three PSAs and three advertisements. READ MORE

5. 4. “Ooooh, so strong” : Ironic Responses to Donald Trump’s Presidential Tweets

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Filip Eneroth; [2017]
   Keywords : Trump; verbal irony; Twitter; maxims of conversation; echoic interpretation; Trump; verbal ironi; Twitter; konversationsmaximer; echoic interpretation;

   Abstract : After Donald Trump won the presidency, his use of social media has gotten massive attention because of its incredibly inappropriate content. Many people question how appropriate his use of Twitter is, and in the linguistic field prominent voices point out that the former businessman does not have the skills to speak; he only talks (McWhorter, 2017). READ MORE

6. 5. Inferences in advertising : A study of Swedish and Russian TV commercials

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Liana Melchenko; [2003]
   Keywords : TV-reklam; Reklamspråk; Rysk TV; Svensk TV; Reklamteknik; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the role of inferences in advertising discourse. Based on the study of conversational implicatures by Grice (1975), and the distinction between ostensive and covert communication elaborated by Sperber and Wilson (1986), a typology of inferences in advertising is proposed. READ MORE