• DOI:10.1515/humr.1991.4.1.61
Corpus ID: 143907462

On the structure of punchlines

@inproceedings{Hetzron1991OnTS,
  title={On the structure of punchlines},
  author={R. Hetzron},
  year={1991}
}

R. Hetzron

Published 1991

Psychology

Jokes are to be viewed äs pieces of oral literature. They should not be analyzed only in terms of the reaction of people to them. Their infernal structure is a legitimate topicfor research. Here (i) they arefirst divided according to their structure, whether they consist of onet two, or more "pulses." Then (H) the punchlines are subjected to afeature-analysis, what logical devices are used to make them soundfunny. Great tragedy is more emotional, and consequently less intellectual, than great… CONTINUE READING

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