This paper intends to analyze the humorous manifestations in the podcast Medo e delírio em Brasília, using the theoretical and methodological assumptions of French Discourse Analysis. The aim is to ...observe whether the chaotic podcast aesthetic is an element of humor production. The results of the analyzes show that this aesthetic configuration generates unusual effects, and it is argued that these effects are primarily responsible for promoting humor in the program. Additionally, it is argued that chaotic aesthetics, unusual effects and humor may be associated with the abundant intertextuality that necessitates an exercise in recognizing the interlocutor while revealing the interdiscursive functioning, thereby situating the language manifestations of the program within the Brazilian political spectrum.
Este artigo pretende analisar as manifestações humorísticas do podcast Medo e delírio em Brasília, partindo dos pressupostos teóricos e metodológicos da Análise do Discurso francesa. O objetivo é observar se a estética caótica do podcast é um elemento da produção do humor. Os resultados das análises mostram que essa configuração estética gera efeitos insólitos e argumenta-se que são estes que promovem majoritariamente o humor no programa. Argumenta-se ainda que estética caótica, efeitos insólitos e humor podem ser associados à intertextualidade abundante que exige um exercício de reconhecimento do interlocutor ao mesmo tempo que revela o funcionamento interdiscursivo posicionando as manifestações linguageiras do programa no espectro político brasileiro.
Este artículo pretende analizar las manifestaciones humorísticas del podcast Medo e delírio em Brasília, utilizando los fundamentos teóricos y metodológicos del Análisis del Discurso Francés. El propósito es observar si la estética caótica del podcast es un elemento de producción de humor. Los resultados de los análisis muestran que esta configuración estética genera efectos insólitos y se argumenta que son estos los que principalmente promueven el humor en el programa. Además, se sostiene que la estética caótica, los efectos insólitos y el humor pueden estar asociados a la abundante intertextualidad que exige un ejercicio de reconocimiento del interlocutor revelando el funcionamiento interdiscursivo, posicionando las manifestaciones del lenguaje del programa en el espectro político brasileño.
Premda se Antu Starčevića prvenstveno spominje i označava kao političara, zastupnika u Saboru i vođu Stranke prava, nesporna je činjenica da spomenute odrednice oslikavaju samo jedan dio njegove ...djelatnosti i samo jedan dio njegove slojevite osobnosti. U tom smislu je Starčević prepoznat i kao jezikoslovac i kao filozof i kao književnik. U ovom se radu naglasak želi staviti upravo na Starčevića kao književnika, poglavito satiričko-poučnoga usmjerenja, čiji je doprinos hrvatskoj književnosti razmjerno kasno prepoznat. Zbog toga se najprije daje povijesni pregled razvoja svijesti o Starčeviću kao književniku i satiričaru u publicistici i povijestima hrvatske književnosti. Nakon kratkoga pregleda tog razvoja, opisuju se Starčevićeve pamfletske strategije, stilska izražajna sredstva i tehnike kojima se služio u postizanju satirične, suvremenom čitatelju podredno i komične, intonacije svojih književnih djela. U zaključku se pokušava odrediti važnost koju Starčević ima za hrvatsku književnost.
Although Ante Starčević is primarily labelled as a politician, member of Parliament, andthe leader of the Party of Rights, it is an indisputable fact that the mentioneddeterminants reflect only one segment of his activities and only one aspect of his layered personality. Bearing that in mind, Starčević is also recognized as a linguist, a philosopher, and a writer. This essay puts emphasis on Starčević as a writer, especially as one of a satirical-educational orientation, whose contribution to the Croatian literature has been recognized relatively late. First, a short historical overview of the development of awareness of Starčević as a writer and a satirist in journalism and the history of Croatian literature is given. After a brief overview of this development, the author analyses the pamphlet strategies and satirical techniques Starčević employed to achieve a satirical intonation in his literary works. In the conclusion the author makes an attempt to determine the place that Starčević should occupy in Croatian literature.
Inventario astros de diamante cielo despejado árboles sin hojas muro de cemento puerta de hierro mesa de madera vaso de cristal humo de tabaco taza de café hoja de papel torre de palabras hoja de ...papel taza de café humo de tabaco vaso de cristal mesa de madera puerta de hierro muro de cemento árboles sin hojas cielo despejado astros de diamante Poesía en forma de pájaro azul brillante el Ojo el pico anaranjado el cuello el cuello el cuello el cuello el cuello el cuello el cuello herido pájaro de papel y tinta que no vuela que no se mueve que no canta que no respira animal hecho de versos amarillos de silencioso plumaje impreso tal vez un soplo desbarata la misteriosa palabra que sujeta sus dos patas patas patas patas patas patas patas patas patas a mi mesa Eielson, sin embargo, considera todavía que no ha encontrado su sede definitiva; y en 1951 se traslada a Italia, donde por fin se siente «en casa». A veces recuerdo La luz de su nublado cielo Y la acaricio Como se acaricia una perla En el bolsillo (de Sin título, 2000) Nazca Madre nuestra que estás en la arena Y en el aire del desierto Tú que modelas nuestra vida Y nuestra muerte con la arcilla Y con el fuego de los siglos Madre del viento y del Pacífico infinito Ciudad invisible que quizás no existes Pero vives en mis células antiguas Haz que nuestros ojos Sean cada vez más puros No nos dejes morir sin haber visto Aunque sea sólo un instante Tu centelleante dibujo Entre las dunas amarillas ... (de Celebración, 2001) Al fin -tal vez sentía que el tiempo se acortaba y quería dar una imagen abarcadora de lo suyo-, Eielson se decide a conjugar contemporáneamente la palabra, la «poesía escrita», con la imagen, la «poesía de la forma», sea esta dibujo, pintura o escultura. De esta nueva serie se dio un adelanto en 1997, en ocasión de las jornadas dedicadas a su obra en el King's College de Londres, con la plaquette Nudos/Knots? en versión bilingüe nspañol-mgtés preparada por Wiüi am Rowe; y más tarde salió la gdirtón ríe1 liqrg /Çerdir, una veodaderg l oya ecütori al, publicada en 2002.5 Por cierto, no es casual que esta consciente conjunción de sus lenguajes expresivos se haya realizado con el nudo. Una manzana roja sobre la yerba verde Es una manzana roja sobre la yerba verde Mirad el silencio de los pájaros Escuchad el perfume de las flores (de Naturaleza muerta, 1958) SÉ PERFECTAMENTE QUE MI CASA Es una estrella Que se llama vida Y que esa estrella es la tierra Y que después tendré otra casa En otra estrella Llamada muerte (de Sin título, 2000) En ese ciclo circular el goce de vivir y el deleite artístico se unen y confunden, se conjugan en una sola armonía que era la que Jorge Eduardo comunicaba a quien le estaba cerca, simplemente con su mirada, con su risa, con su humor, con la generosidad con la que abrió sus brazos al mundo y se dio a él.
We investigated humor production in relation to social understanding and relationship quality in early childhood, by coding N = 72 5‐year‐olds’ (M = 5.78, SD = .41) spontaneous humor production ...during play with an older (n = 34; M age = 7.84 years, SD = .84) or younger sibling (M age = 3.72 years, SD = .54). Children who demonstrated better understanding of minds also produced more humor (preposterous statements and humorous anecdotes, and sound play). Types of humor were differentially associated with siblings’ ratings of positive rapport; associations were moderated by sibling constellation factors. Our findings highlight children's humor production as an important marker of their understanding of minds and of their warm, positive relationships.
How does the relation between two words create humor? In this article, we investigated the effect of global and local contrast on the humor of word pairs. We capitalized on the existence of ...psycholinguistic lexical norms by examining violations of expectations set up by typical patterns of English usage (global contrast) and within the local context of the words within the word pairs (local contrast). Global contrast was operationalized as lexical-semantic norms for single-words and local contrast was operationalized as the orthographic, phonological, and semantic distance between the two words in the pair. Through crowdsourced (Study 1) and best-worst (Study 2) ratings of the humor of a large set of word pairs (i.e., compounds), we find evidence of both global and local contrast on compound-word humor. Specifically, we find that humor arises when there is a violation of expectations at the local level, between the individual words that make up the word pair, even after accounting for violations at the global level relative to the entire language. Semantic variables (arousal, dominance, and concreteness) were stronger predictors of word pair humor whereas form-related variables (number of letters, phonemes, and letter frequency) were stronger predictors of single-word humor. Moreover, we also find that semantic dissimilarity increases humor, by defusing the impact of low-valence words-making them seem more amusing-and by enhancing the incongruence of highly imageable pairs of concrete words.
A forgotten century marks the years between the Ming dynasty's (1368–1644) turbulent founding and its sixteenth-century age of exploration and economic transformation. In this period of social ...stability, retired scholar-official Lu Rong chronicled his observations of Chinese society in Miscellaneous Records from the Bean Garden (Shuyuan zaji). Openly expressing his admirations and frustrations, Lu provides a window into the quotidian that sets Bean Garden apart from other works of the biji genre of "informal notes." Mark Halperin organizes a translated selection of Lu's records to create a panorama of Ming life. A man of unusual curiosity, Lu describes multiple social classes, ethnicities, and locales in his accounts of political intrigues, farming techniques, religious practices, etiquette, crime, and family life. Centuries after their composition, Lu's words continue to provide a richly textured portrait of China on the cusp of the early modern era. The open access publication of this book was made possible by a grant from the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation.
Glaucoma is still a poorly understood disease with a clear need for new biomarkers to help in diagnosis and potentially offer new therapeutic targets. We aimed to determine if the metabolic profile ...of aqueous humor (AH) as determined by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy allows the distinction between primary open-angle glaucoma patients and control subjects, and to distinguish between high-tension (POAG) and normal-tension glaucoma (NTG). We analysed the AH of patients with POAG, NTG and control subjects (n = 30/group). 1H NMR spectra were acquired using a 400 MHz spectrometer. Principle component analysis (PCA), machine learning algorithms and descriptive statistics were applied to analyse the metabolic variance between groups, identify the spectral regions, and hereby potential metabolites that can act as biomarkers for glaucoma. According to PCA, fourteen regions of the NMR spectra were significant in explaining the metabolic variance between the glaucoma and control groups, with no differences found between POAG and NTG groups. These regions were further used in building a classifier for separating glaucoma from control patients, which achieved an AUC of 0.93. Peak integration was performed on these regions and a statistical analysis, after false discovery rate correction and adjustment for the different perioperative topical drug regimen, revealed that five of them were significantly different between groups. The glaucoma group showed a higher content in regions typical for betaine and taurine, possibly linked to neuroprotective mechanisms, and also a higher content in regions that are typical for glutamate, which can indicate damaged neurons and oxidative stress. These results show how aqueous humor metabolomics based on NMR spectroscopy can distinguish glaucoma patients from controls with a high accuracy. Further studies are needed to validate these results in order to incorporate them in clinical practice.
•Aqueous humor metabolomics achieved AUC 0.93 between glaucoma patients and controls.•Aqueous humor shows neural protection and damage happen simultaneously in glaucoma.•Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy distinguishes glaucoma patients and controls.
Hydrogel composites in an aqueous media with viscoelastic properties and elastic modulus that can be precisely tailored are desirable to mimic many biological tissues ranging from mucus, vitreous ...humor, and nucleus pulposus as well as build up biosensors. Without altering the chemistry, tuning the physical interactions and structures to govern the viscoelastic properties of the hydrogels is indispensable for their applications but quite limited. Here we design a complexation gel composite and utilize the physical principle of topologically frustrated dynamical state to tune the correlated structures between the guest polycation chains and negatively charged host gels. We precisely quantify the mesh size of the host gel and guest chain size. By designing various topologically correlated structures, a viscoelastic moduli map can be built up, ranging from tough to ultrasoft, and from elastic-like with low damping properties to viscous-like with high damping properties. We also tune the swelling ratio by using entropy effect and discover an Entropy-driven Topologically Isovolumetric Point. Our findings provide essential physics to understand the relationship between entropy-driven correlated structures and their viscoelastic properties of the complexation hydrogel composites and will have diverse applications in tissue engineering and soft biomaterials.
This article includes comments on each contributing author’s article in this special issue of Humor. The articles represent an assessment of McGhee’s research, work on practical applications or ...influence in the following areas: 1) the development of children’s humor, 2) construction and validation of the Sense of Humor Scale (SHS), 3) usefulness of specific subscales of the SHS, including “playfulness” and “laughing at yourself,” 4) development and evaluation of the 7 Humor Habits Program—a training program for learning to use humor to cope with stress, 5) humor’s impact on physical health and emotional well being, 6) impact on the field of nursing, and 7) humor and the brain. McGhee provides here his response to each contributed article.
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