Techniques for Implementing Language Game in a Linguistic Joke: Lexical Level
Dokhova Zalina Ruslanovna, Urusov Ruslan Khataliyevich, Khashkhozheva Zagirat Talibovna
Kabardino-Balkar State University named after Kh. M. Berbekov
Submitted: 04.08.2021
Abstract. The purpose of the study is to determine the specificity of lexical techniques used in such a variety of jokes as a linguistic joke to achieve a humourous effect. The paper analyses the types of lexical means by way of which comicality is expressed as a fundamental component of a joke. Novelty of the study lies in a detailed analysis of lexical ways to achieve game comicality, which are based on the transformation of the semantics, connotative and emotive meaning of a word/expression. As a result of the study, the researchers have identified 23 types of lexical techniques for implementing language game in a linguistic joke, which initially rests on a different-level play on language signs.
Key words and phrases: лингвистический анекдот, языковая игра, лексические приемы языковой игры, комический эффект, linguistic joke, language game, lexical techniques of language game, comic effect
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