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Farnia, Maryam; Farhangi, Atena; Saeedi, Masoud – Asian Journal of University Education, 2020
As an instance of foreign language comprehension, L2 humor perception is proved to be challenging for the foreign language learners. However, the body of literature is heavier on the side of humor production than humor perception. The current study explores the extent to which Iranian English as foreign language (EFL) learners perceive different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Amirsheibani, Morteza; Ghazanfari, Mohammad; Pishghadam, Reza – MEXTESOL Journal, 2020
Grice's conversational maxims have been one of the most influential pragmatic theories up to now. The primary purpose of this study was to measure the comprehension of Iranian intermediate EFL learners in terms of English humor based on Grice's non-observed conversational maxims. Moreover, this study intended to find which of Grice's non-observed…
Descriptors: Humor, Linguistic Theory, Scores, Pragmatics