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On the Nature of Language Humour : Analysis of Selected Works of Woody Allen

Publication at Faculty of Education |
2011

Abstract

This publication examines how the language humour in four selected works of Woody Allen is placed beyond the challenge of the standard language and which semantic-structural relations and discourse strategies are used in its expression. It focuses mainly on the script of Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) to explore the film short-circuit treatment of sign which puts signifier and signified in nearly the same position.