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Skalicky, Stephen; Crossley, Scott A. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
Previous investigations of satire posit that satire comprehension is influenced by prior knowledge, satirical strategies, and other demographic features, such as age. However, these claims have not yet been tested using online processing techniques. In this study we investigate satire processing using newspaper headlines from the satirical…
Descriptors: Satire, Newspapers, Journalism, Humor
Tio, Aurelio – Yelmo, 1977
The article discusses the use and purposes of puns in Spanish speech and literature. (Text is in Spanish.) (NCR)
Descriptors: Hispanic American Literature, Humor, Language Usage, Literary Mood
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Morris, Barry Alan – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1987
Discusses the failure of Joe Bob Briggs' parody of "We Are the World" in terms of the development of the communal sense that creates a set of group norms, which in turn create "phantom constraints" of which the parody's author may not be aware.(NKA)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Community Attitudes, Community Support, Cultural Context