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Humour and conflict in public discourse

CHOVANEC, Jan

Basic information

Original name

Humour and conflict in public discourse

Authors

Edition

10th Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English 2023: Looking beyond the surface of the text, 2023

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Vyžádané přednášky

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords (in Czech)

humor; intertextualita; diskurz; sociální média; mediální jazyk; stylistika; pragmatika

Keywords in English

humour; intertextuality; discourse; social media; media language; stylistics; pragmatics

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 7/2/2024 13:28, Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

In recent years, there has been an increased interest in the research of humour in diverse communicative contexts, marking a clear shift of focus from the referential or cognitive properties of language to the interpersonal dimension of communication, as well as to language play and creativity (Attardo 2017, Vásquez 2019). Against the background of the traditional approaches to the study of humour, the talk argues for the need to adopt an explicit socio-pragmatic perspective (e.g. Tsakona and Chovanec 2023) in order to explain some of the forms and functions of this phenomenon in modern mediated contexts. The talk discusses some recent humorous data collected from various domains of public discourse to show how humour is present in the modern hybrid media environment (Koivukoski 2022), and how memetic humorous content (Shifman 2014, Wiggins 2019) flows between the social and public media spheres, particularly in relation to domestic and international conflicts.

Links

MUNI/A/1053/2022, interní kód MU
Name: Paradigms, strategies and developments - English linguistics and translation III
Investor: Masaryk University, Paradigms, strategies and developments - English linguistics and translation III