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1、Someobservationsonthepragmaticsofhumorousinterpretations:arelevance*theoreticapproachCARMENCURCÓ1IntroductionMostofthepragmaticliteratureonverbalhumourisdominatedbyadiscourseanalysisapproach(e.g.Raskin1985,Pretorius1990,Attardo1994).Theunderlyingassumptionintheseworksistha
2、tbeinghumorousisapropertyoftextsandthatlookingattheirstructureisthereforetheroutetoanadequatedescriptionandexplanationofverbalhumour.InthispaperItakeadifferentstance.Isuggestthatwhatweneedtoprovideisnotatheoryofhumoroustextsbutatheoryofhowhearersarriveathumorousinterpretat
3、ions.Inordertodothat,onehastoshiftthecentreofattentionfromthestructuralfeaturesoftextstothementalprocessesthatahearergoesthroughduringinterpretation,concentratingontherepresentationsheisledtoentertain,andthecomputationssuchrepresentationsenterintoduringcomprehension.Isugge
4、stthatattheheartoftheprocessthatresultsinahumorousorwittyinterpretationliesaparticularkindofinteractionbetweentheperceptionandmanipulationoftheincongruousandthesearchforrelevance.HereIbegintoexamineseveralwaysinwhichtheprocessmayoccurandsomeofthepragmaticmechanismsitinvolv
5、es.Irony,astreatedbySperberandWilson(1981,1986)andWilsonandSperber(1992)fitsinthispictureasaparticularcaseofverbalwit.2ConflictingpropositionalformsOneratherstraightforwardwayofleadingahearerintotheentertainmentoftheincongruousthroughlanguageistodirecthisprocessofinterpret
6、ationtotherecoveryofconflictingpropositionalforms.However,humourandtheabsurdarenotthesame.Itisnotjustanywayofarrivingatcontradictoryassumptionsthatwillplaya*IamgratefultoNeilSmith,RobynCarston,DeirdreWilsonandFernandoCastañosforimportantdiscussionsontheworkthatledtothispap
7、er,fortheirdetailedcommentsonearlierdrafts,andfortheircontinuousencouragementandsupport.IamalsoindebtedtotheNationalAutonomousUniversityofMexico(UNAM)forfinanciallysupportingthisresearch.28CarmenCurcósignificantpartinproducingahumorousinterpretationorresultinawitticism.Exp
8、licitconflictingpropositionalformsaremoreakintorepairsindiscourse,toritualbehaviours,orto
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