HUMANITARIAN RESEARCHES

Journal of fundamental and applied researches

MECHANISMS OF HUMOROUS DISCOURSE: LINGUISTIC AND COGNITIVE DIMENSION

2018. №2, pp. 39-45

Petrenko S. A. - Candidate of Philological Sciences, Pyatigorsk State University, 357530, Russia, Pyatigorsk, 9 Kalinina Ave

Orlova N. A. - Candidate of Philological Sciences, Pyatigorsk State University, 357530, Russia, Pyatigorsk, 9 Kalinina Ave

The paper considers the tools of cognitive linguistics as a means of understanding and explaining the processes taking place in humorous discourse. In the description of mental processes and features of decoding of humorous component from cognitive positions special attention is paid to such mechanisms as selection, profiling, conceptual blending and metonymy. The authors seek to trace how these techniques and methods contribute to the identification of contextual factors that stimulate the awareness of the salience of hidden elements in humorous discourse.

Key words: юмор, юмористический дискурс, когнитивные механизмы, селекция, концептуальный блендинг, профилирование, метонимия, humor, humorous discourse, cognitive mechanisms, selection, conceptual blending, profiling, metonymy

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