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Ambiguity-Generating Devices In Linguistic Verbal Jokes, Robert Lew
Ambiguity-Generating Devices In Linguistic Verbal Jokes, Robert Lew
Robert Lew
The paper argues that ambiguity is a desirable and purposeful element of linguistic verbal jokes and explains and illustrates the mechanisms which support ambiguity.