11 Directions in Humor Research
The first important general result of the analyses presented in the previous chapters is that the three major linguistic/semiotic models of humor (IDM, SSTH/GTVH, and bisociation) are conceptually close insofar as they are variants of the broader psychological model of incongruity-resolution, currently the main model in humor research. The linguistic models differ from the incongruity-resolution ones because the linguistic models are limited to humor conveyed by signs, because of their attention to conceptual clarity and constructive methodology that are put on the backburner in the traditional formulations of the incongruity-resolution model; moreover, the linguistic models make no claims as to the nature ...
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