Abstract
Humor is pervasive. People of all ages, cultures, religions, and every stratum of society experience humor on a daily basis. When torn down and extracted to its most fundamental level, we find that the rudimentary of humor is contingent on linguistics and language. Rather, humor is contingent on the non-literal, figurative aspects of language. Studies that attempt to discover how humor functions have covered a wide range of fields and topics in the past decades, with significant number of researches focused on humor in international activities of human beings, such as in the workplace, between genders, across cultures, and on the responses of humor. Though humor is dyadic in nature, it presents itself in both conversational and non-conversational manners. This paper explores the undeniable relationship between humor and linguistics through the analysis of several theories in humorology, studying current trends, and recognising the importance of humor studies in the media, corporate world and academia.
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Mukherjee, Prateeti
(2024)
"CONTINGENCY OF HUMOR ON LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE,"
International Journal of English Learning & Teaching Skills (IJELTS): Vol. 1:
Iss.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://research.smartsociety.org/ijelts/vol1/iss2/3