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Showing 1 to 20 of 207 for “"Humour"”.
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Humour as Negotiation: Digital Cultures of Friendly Political Humour on the Chinese Internet
… on the digital cultures of friendly political humour on the Chinese internet, examining the potential of humour in bridging communication and negotiating the hegemonic relationship between the online public and the state. Previous research mostly emphasises the more extreme cases of digital …
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Stephen Leacock: Humour And Humanity
… Heritage of Liberty (1942), even his theory of humour will seem curiously limp in its insistence on the need for "kindliness" in humorous literature. Moreover, Leacock's Tory-humanism and theory of humour--the theory which he presents in Humour, Its Theory and Technique (1935) and Humour And …
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Humour in literature: Three levels
Humour, depending on the level of comprehension of the audience to which it is directed, may be divided in three levels for analysis. There is a universal humour that can be understood by everybody, without regard to culture or formal education. This humour, generally known as physical comedy, is …
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Hydrodynamics of aqueous humour outflow
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1995.
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The experience of humour in Asperger’s syndrome
This study investigated the experience of humour of people with Asperger’s syndrome. It aimed to explore the lived experience of this phenomenon. A literature review was undertaken which revealed that people with Asperger’s syndrome are thought not to have a sense of humour and a number of theories …
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Women’s Internalization and Rejection of Sexist Humour
… research has examined men’s reactions to sexist humour, making it unclear how sexist (i.e., anti-female) humour impacts women. Accordingly, the purpose of Study 1 (N=225) was to investigate women’s proximal joke reactions, that is, ratings of amusement and inoffensiveness for sexist (aggressive …
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L'appréciation de l'humour engagé et de l'humour absurde au Québec : une étude exploratoire comparative
Inspirée par le fait que l’humour engagé tend à disparaître de la sphère humoristique au Québec, cette recherche exploratoire s’intéresse à l’appréciation de l’humour engagé en comparaison avec l’humour absurde. Deux figures représentatives québécoises de ces types d’humour ont été retenues, soit …
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The forms, functions and techniques of Xhosa humour
… I examine the way in which Xhosa speakers create humour, what forms (e.g. satire, irony, punning, parody) they favour in both oral and textual literature, and the genres in which these forms are delivered and executed. The functions of Xhosa humour, both during and after apartheid, are examined, …
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Making sense of humour: some pragmatic and political aspects
This is a study of humour in context, but as humour is by its nature extremely mutable and so occurs in many forms in a multitude of contexts, this calls for certain constraints to be applied to the methods of investigation. Thus rather than attempt a panoramic view of such a polymorphic subject, …
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Impoliteness as a vehicle for humour in dramatic discourse
… impoliteness (as a form of aggression), and humour (as a form of entertainment). Taking the fictional film As Good As It Gets, I draw from a number of scenes involving the main protagonist Melvin Udall. Although this character is extremely offensive to others, the film is classified as a …
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The transformations of the expression of humour in audiovisual translation /
… production. However, the research of audiovisual humour is often limited to linguistic analysis ignoring oral and visual elements of audiovisual text, their possible interaction or influence on the process of subtitling. Having assessed the complexity of humour classification and humour …
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Shunpon: Intertextuality, Humour, and Sexual Education in Early-modern Japan
Shunpon: Intertextuality, Humour, and Sexual Education in Early-modern Japan This dissertation explores the sexually explicit rewritings of earlier literature in early-modern shunpon production. The term shunpon is used today by scholars to refer to books containing shunga (images displaying …
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(Un)just Kidding: Philosophical Issues in Humour, Comedy and Joking
… is to develop an understanding of the sense of humour as a sensibility, with emotional, evaluative, motivational and attentional aspects, that is shaped by engagement with comedic representations. This picture reveals new ways that humour can harm and new responsibilities that people have for …
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Sense of Humour and its Effects on Great Britain's Destination Image
… a general neglect in investigating the role that humour plays in tourism generally, and destination images in particular. This neglect is more noticeable when contrasted with the considerable number of studies on measuring tourists’ perceived image of physical attributes of destinations. The …
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Kidding Around: How humour can explore serious issues in children's literature
<i>Kidding Around-How Humour Can Explore Serious Issues in Children's Literature</i> begins by investigating theories of humour generally. It considers humour's triggers and benefits before looking at its particular role in children's lives. After researching the literature on the leading …
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Exploring how spontaneous humour affects dyadic coaching experiences : a heuristic inquiry
Humour is fundamental to human interactions across cultures; however, little research exists on how it is experienced within coach-client dyads, despite humour’s potential to foster connection, reflection and insight. This study explores how spontaneous humour affects dyadic coaching experiences by …
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The effects of humour on schemas during counselling: A pioneering study
… recognised the possible therapeutic value of humour, few descriptions of interventions or reports of empirical studies have been published (Martin, 2007). In order to investigate the effects of humour on limiting schemas a Humour-Based Therapeutic Programme (HBTP) was developed and its …
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Burnout in academics : the role of humour and optimism as stress buffers
… university lecturers' perceived stress, use of humour to cope with stress, optimism, pessimism, and burnout was investigated. Participants included 180 lecturers from a range of Perth universities and disciplines. Questionnaire packages were delivered to the participants at their universities …
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