PRAGMATIC STUDY OF HUMOUR IN THE ENGLISH TEXT

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The article deals with theoretical and methodological principles of study of humor in the English text. Special attention is paid to determination, explaining and systemizing verbalization of humor and ways and means of its reproduction. Humour is defined through different linguistic theories and depicted as a certain kind of potential to be funny or to induce amusement indicated by laughter, an insight into pragmatics of humour and its different theories is provided.

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N. Rhoton

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N. Rhoton (2018). PRAGMATIC STUDY OF HUMOUR IN THE ENGLISH TEXT. Південний архів (філологічні науки), 72(2), 69-72. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-609034