Essays about: "linguistic humour"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words linguistic humour.

  1. 1. Sorry, I apologize! : The difference between men’s and women’s usage of apologies in emails

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Gustav Lindroth; Rebecca Ucar; [2022]
    Keywords : Email; Enron Corpus; apologetic expressions; politeness; gender;

    Abstract : This essay aims to discover differences and similarities in the linguistic behavior ofpoliteness in apologetic expressions between men and women in emails. Material wastaken from the Enron Corpus. This Corpus includes information about the senders andrecipients of the chosen email, the context, and an email thread. READ MORE

  3. 2. “Yebo Gogo, it’s time to braai Mzansi!” Code-Switching, Borrowing, Prestige, Slang, and Persuasion in the Digital Marketing Industry of South Africa

    University essay from

    Author : Daniel Neate; [2022]
    Keywords : Advertising; code-switching; borrowing; slang marketing; covert or overt prestige;

    Abstract : This paper will analyse code-switching, borrowing, slang, and covert or overt prestige in online and television media. The days of OOH (Out Of Home) advertising are becoming obsolete and moving toward a digital age. READ MORE

  4. 3. Puns and Language Play in the L2 Classroom : Pragmatic Tests on Swedish High School Learners of English

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Johanna Heaps; [2018]
    Keywords : Humour; Puns; Ambiguity; Incongruity; Scripts; Language Play; Language Learning; Second Language Acquisition;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT: Puns are short humorous texts that play on structural ambiguity in order to create incongruous scripts. The perception of their humour requires considerable pragmatic manipulation, which may present problems for L2 learners, which is why many scholars agree that they are best reserved for more advanced students. READ MORE

  5. 4. ACROSS THE POND AND BEYOND. A UK/US comparison of game localisation and literary translation from Japanese works

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Theo Gillberg; [2017-08-01]
    Keywords : japanska; Japanese; video games; localisation; foreignisation; domestication; translation studies; humour; names; role language;

    Abstract : Critics of Venuti‘s foreignisation/domestication concept tend to focus on his vague definitions of key terms or the limited viability of implementing his ideas in practice. However, few question the premise of his perspective, i.e. linking domesticating translation practices to both linguistic and cultural dominance. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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