Several contributions, in this century, revolve around the role which pragmatic plays in the perc... more Several contributions, in this century, revolve around the role which pragmatic plays in the perception and understanding of a humorous language. Pragmatically, linguists are interested in the way humor is communicated in conversations of our daily life and in the function of humorous communication like; irony, pun, teasing and joking. Only, recently, humor has gained its importance pragmatically when some authors and linguists took a few preliminary steps back in the eighties, by looking respectively at the unsaid concerning humor, the construction of comic witticism from a Grecian perspective, and the sociopragmatics of language use in jokes. The present study is intended to show how a selected literary extract can be subjected to a linguistic and a pragmatic analysis by applying the implicature theory of Grice (1975) and the incongruity theory of Kant (1790) by depending on pun as a basic mechanism to create humorous situations consciously and unconsciously. The researchers of th...
Linguistically speaking, the concept of humor, which seems to be vast for people, has specific di... more Linguistically speaking, the concept of humor, which seems to be vast for people, has specific dimensions by which it is generated including: puns, irony, sarcasm, wittiness, and contrastive utterances in relation to the speakers of those utterances. It is about how the extra linguistics elements dominate the situation and the delivery of humor. The researchers of the present paper intend to show how the selected literary extract can be subjected to a linguistic pragmatic analysis and then be explained by applying the incongruity theory of humor by Kant (1790) in order to show the ways or the mechanisms that lead to the flouting, infringing and the violation of Gricean maxims can consequently lead to the creation of humor. Despite the fact that the present paper is qualitative in nature, some tables are provided by the researchers in order to reach into a better, deeper and more understandable analysis. Investigating the ways Gricean maxims are flouted, infringed and violated to create humor, and showing how the imperfect use of language sometimes create unintentional humor are the researchers' aims of this paper.
"Language is the dress of thought," Samuel Johnson once remarked, and nowhere is this more eviden... more "Language is the dress of thought," Samuel Johnson once remarked, and nowhere is this more evident than in the grand tapestry of the Met Gala, which is considered one of the world's most prestigious and glamorous fashion events, often referred to as 'fashion's biggest night out'. The present paper explores the spectrum of dysphemistic terms used to criticize the event, examine how euphemisms serve to mitigate the perceived vulgarity of fashion choices made by celebrities and investigates the pragmatic dynamics of dysphemism and euphemism at the Met Gala, anchored by Brown & Levinson's (1987) politeness theory and Bousfield's (2008) impoliteness framework. Therefore, the present study aims at identifying the pragmatic techniques used to express dysphemism and euphemism in terms of the politeness theory of Brown & Levinson (1987) and impoliteness theory by Bousfield (2008), clarifying the variations among the dysphemistic terms and how they are used destructively against the Met Gala and demonstrating the constructing role of euphemism in beautifying the ugly style selected by the celebrates in the Met Gala. In addition, the qualitative analysis is used in this research because the researcher intends to show how the selected 'social comments' can be subjected to a linguistic analysis by applying two pragmatic theories; politeness by Brown and Levinson (1987) and impoliteness by Bousfield (2008). Even though the present study is qualitative, some tables are provided to reach a deeper, better, and more understandable and comprehensible analysis. Consequently, the results have shown that; first, the vast majority of people 'commenters' tend to soften face-threatening acts by using a positive politeness strategy represented by their selection of euphemistic expressions. Second, the less used politeness strategy is the negative strategy while the most used one is the positive strategy. Furthermore, the other three politeness strategies namely; bold on record, off record and don't do the face-threatening act, have not been used in the selected comments. Finally, the percentage of using the off-record impoliteness strategy is the same as the on-record impoliteness strategy in the selected comments.
The current study sheds light on a semantic-cognitive analysis of some selected highly used Iraqi... more The current study sheds light on a semantic-cognitive analysis of some selected highly used Iraqi slang words. These new words had recently occupied Iraq slang which has no association with the Arabic standard language and with the revolution of technology, the internet, diversity, and the spreading of TV programs new linguistic varieties are born and Iraqi slang makes no exception. This study investigates these new words invading Iraqi slang, which most Iraqi young generation follows. The study explores the effects of these new words on Iraqi society and focuses on how these new words are created and the possible reasons for their creation, with the analysis of their meaning and use semantically and cognitively. The study comes to the conclusion that most new words come from Iraqi sarcastic programs that target the young generation.
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Language knowledge requires not only an understanding of its grammar and vocabulary but also the ... more Language knowledge requires not only an understanding of its grammar and vocabulary but also the ability to communicate appropriately in an effective communicative setting. One of the activities used to allow students to practice communication skills and gain fluency inside the classroom is simulation. Simulation provides a way of creating a communicative setting in which the student actively becomes a part of the real-world system. In the 2021-2022 academic year, teachers in the academic context were able to add some activities inside the classroom that were difficult to add in online lessons that were conducted for two years. In this study, simulation is used to improve learners" communicative abilities, including presenting facts in a grammatically accurate way to match the language used in the circumstance to create a situation that participants consider reliable. To conduct this study, the researchers used a
Several contributions, in this century, revolve around the role which pragmatic plays in the perc... more Several contributions, in this century, revolve around the role which pragmatic plays in the perception and understanding of a humorous language. Pragmatically, linguists are interested in the way humor is communicated in conversations of our daily life and in the function of humorous communication like; irony, pun, teasing and joking. Only, recently, humor has gained its importance pragmatically when some authors and linguists took a few preliminary steps back in the eighties, by looking respectively at the unsaid concerning humor, the construction of comic witticism from a Grecian perspective, and the sociopragmatics of language use in jokes. The present study is intended to show how a selected literary extract can be subjected to a linguistic and a pragmatic analysis by applying the implicature theory of Grice (1975) and the incongruity theory of Kant (1790) by depending on pun as a basic mechanism to create humorous situations consciously and unconsciously. The researchers of the present study aim to investigate how pun can sometimes create intentional and unintentional humor and to differentiate between the creation of intentional humor, produced by smart characters, and unintentional humor, produced by naïve characters. 2 Despite the fact that this study is a qualitative in nature, some tables are provided for ease of reference and to reach into a deeper, better and more comprehensible analysis.
Linguistically speaking, the concept of humor, which seems to be vast for people, has specific di... more Linguistically speaking, the concept of humor, which seems to be vast for people, has specific dimensions by which it is generated including: puns, irony, sarcasm, wittiness, and contrastive utterances in relation to the speakers of those utterances. It is about how the extra linguistics elements dominate the situation and the delivery of humor. The researchers of the present paper intend to show how the selected literary extract can be subjected to a linguistic pragmatic analysis and then be explained by applying the incongruity theory of humor by Kant (1790) in order to show the ways or the mechanisms that lead to the flouting, infringing and the violation of Gricean maxims can consequently lead to the creation of humor. Despite the fact that the present paper is qualitative in nature, some tables are provided by the researchers in order to reach into a better, deeper and more understandable analysis. Investigating the ways Gricean maxims are flouted, infringed and violated to create humor, and showing how the imperfect use of language sometimes create unintentional humor are the researchers' aims of this paper.
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'fashion's biggest night out'. The present paper explores the spectrum of dysphemistic terms used to criticize the event, examine how euphemisms serve to mitigate the perceived vulgarity of fashion choices made by celebrities and investigates the pragmatic dynamics of dysphemism and euphemism at the Met Gala, anchored by Brown & Levinson's (1987) politeness theory and Bousfield's (2008) impoliteness framework. Therefore, the present study aims at identifying the pragmatic techniques used to express dysphemism and euphemism in terms of the politeness theory of Brown & Levinson (1987) and impoliteness theory by Bousfield (2008), clarifying the variations among the dysphemistic terms and how they are used destructively against the Met Gala and demonstrating the constructing role of euphemism in beautifying the ugly style selected by the celebrates in the Met Gala. In addition, the qualitative analysis is used in this research because the researcher intends to show how the selected 'social comments' can be subjected to a linguistic analysis by applying two pragmatic theories; politeness by Brown and Levinson (1987) and impoliteness by Bousfield (2008). Even though the present study is qualitative, some tables are provided to reach a deeper, better, and more understandable and comprehensible analysis. Consequently, the results have shown that; first, the vast majority of people 'commenters' tend to soften face-threatening acts by using a positive politeness strategy represented by their selection of euphemistic expressions. Second, the less used politeness strategy is the negative strategy while the most used one is the positive strategy. Furthermore, the other three politeness strategies namely; bold on record, off record and don't do the face-threatening act, have not been used in the selected comments. Finally, the percentage of using the off-record impoliteness strategy is the same as the on-record impoliteness strategy in the selected comments.