LANGUAGE STYLE OF HUMOR ON STAND-UP COMEDY VIDEO by Merry Rullyanti, Nurdianto Nurdianto

“…Keywords: Language Styles, Humor, Stand-Up Comedy…”
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The Pragmatics of Stereotypes in Trevor Noah’s Stand-up Comedy Routines by Idania Rosa Castro Bravo

“…It focuses on the use of stereotypes within verbal humor, having stand-up comedy as the center of the study. Specifically, it examines how Trevor Noah, a South African comedian, utilizes stereotypes to entertain and produce a comic effect in his stand-up comedy. …”
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Hannah Gadsby: Emotional Capital and Affective Economies in Stand-Up Comedy by Beck Krefting

“…Being a stand-up comic requires skills: the ability to craft jokes and perform them; the capacity to “read the room” and adapt material during the performance; and business savvy needed to network with fellow comics and industry gatekeepers. …”
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Defending the Status Quo in The Dark Knight Rises by Jesse Russell

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Conceptual Metaphors in Visual Language The Graphic Novel City of Glass by Ilana Shiloh

“…The paper explores the use and impact of conceptual metaphors in the graphic novel City of Glass published by Paul Auster as a free-standing story in 1985. Two years later Auster turned it into the first part of The New York Trilogy, which has since become one of the most iconic works of postmodern fiction. …”
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Des cocottes en papier by Danièle Alexandre-Bidon

“…Much present in comics (some 1 500 strips of which 30 % have a gallinaceous hero), rural icon, the hen is very often anthropomorphised.Sometimes it stands for maternal values (protective and wise), sometimes it is depicted as stupid and constitutes a source of jokes. …”
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With Collies Graven on His Heart: The Canine Projections of Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856–1934) by Peter Merchant

“…The recourse had by the plots of both to doubles and stand-ins means that ‘The Black Poodle’ trots in the footprints of Vice Versâ. …”
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La bande chantée : tradition orale et croyances pédagogiques dans le Corriere dei Piccoli by Lorenzo Di Paola, Eva Van de Wiele

“…In this context, Corriere dei Piccoli stands as one of the privileged sites from which to observe the challenging process of modernization in Italy (Brancato, 2008).Additionally, the investigation will consider the educational practices related to orality and performance. …”
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Duchowieństwo Kościoła katolickiego wobec polskich zrywów niepodległościowych w XIX wieku – przypadek Ludwika Łętowskiego (1786–1868) by Andrzej Synowiec

“…It can certainly be said that the clergy in the Polish lands were involved in great national events and tried not to stand aside. Łętowski was a man of paradoxes, which was also reflected in his attitude to Polish uprisings in the 19th century. …”
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‘Bang-whang-whang goes the drum’ : Robert Browning ou l’énergie comique de l’homme-orchestre by Yann Tholoniat

“…The result is a variety of vocal effects such as innuendoes and lapsus. Browning’s comic world, standing out against the carnivalesque background of a reinvented Italy, displays an energy that makes the very page seem to vibrate.…”
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