Examining linguistic ambiguity as a source of constructing funniness in English verbal jokes

Tóm tắt Examining linguistic ambiguity as a source of constructing funniness in English verbal jokes: ...F THE STUDY II.2.1. Analytical framework of linguistic ambiguity in English The framework that works as guidelines for the paper is summarized as follows: Types of linguistic ambiguity General definition 1 Lexical ambiguity The ambiguity of a word or lexical constituents within the senten...y violation: joke (12) following is a good example of this violation, in which the intended message by the departing traveler of the boy taking back the umbrella that he has left behind is given in the form of an order, which has nothing to do with what he means and misleads the boy. (12) De...out different types of linguistic ambiguity involved in a joke text, different categories of ambiguity-based English verbal jokes and the frequency level of each verbal joke category. Built on a firm ground of a theoretical framework of the key notions (linguistic ambiguity and verbal jokes)...