Humour and Irony

In this episode, Laura and Luisa explain to Keno why people might not laugh at his jokes and why people are studying the definitely really interesting topic of irony.

Here are the sources that we mention over the course of the episode 

The papers in alphabetical order:

Campbell, Wallace, Modirrousta, Polimeni, McKeen, & Reiss, 2015. The neural basis of humour comprehension and humour appreciation: The role of the temporoparietal junction and superior frontal gyrus. Neuropsychologia, 79, 10-20.

Canal, Bischetti, Di Paola, Bertini, Ricci, & Bambini, 2019. ‘Honey, shall I change the baby? - Well done, choose another one’: ERP and time-frequency correlates of humor processing. Brain and Cognition, 132.

Spotorno, Cheylus, Van Der Henst, & Noveck, 2013. What’s behind a P600? Integration Operations during Irony Processing. PLOS One, 8(6).

The books:

Attardo, 2020. The General Theory of Verbal Humor. In: The Linguistics of Humor: An Introduction, 136-156

For the superiority theory and the release theory, as well as the dog-blender joke (page 93):

Carr, Greeves, 2006. Nuts, Bolts and Hydraulic Brains. In: The Naked Jape, 85-104. Penguin Books

The definition of irony:

Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Irony. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irony