Scripted Misunderstandings and Humour: A Case Study of Monty Python’s Dialogues
The major goal of this paper is to explore the pragmatic mechanisms underlying the interpretation of fabricated misunderstandings designed to generate humour. In order to show what is involved, the data selected from Monty Python’s productions are analysed. The relevance-theoretic tools (Sperber &am...
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| Language: | English |
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2025-01-01
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| Series: | Psychology of Language and Communication |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.58734/plc-2025-0006 |
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