Humor is essential in maintaining the balance of human life socially and psychologically. Each culture world, including Islamic culture, perceives humor differently. Furthermore, from an academic perspective, can be constructed using linguistic features. Therefore, this study aims to examine verbal construction linguistics features evaluate how perceived by different cultures, particularly popu...

BACKGROUND According to the humor theory of Traditional Uighur Medicine (TUM), a same disease is classified into different abnormal humor types and corresponding methods are applied to treat the diseases according to the type of abnormal humor characteristics. To date the biological foundation of classification of diseases by humor theory has been little studied and the mechanism of action is s...

Laughter and humor are major ingredients of humanity but does not have any black and white authenticate. Laughter is a physiological process, which activates facial, respiratory and laryngeal muscles. Laughter may occur instinctively in response to humor or to appropriate emotional or sociological stimuli and can also be elicited upon command – voluntary, contrived or faked laughter. Exploring ...

people can make their time happier by telling jokes. jokes can be a part of humor and oral facetiae of the common literature of iran that emerges in different ways. some jokes which have a happy aspect, positive function in various fields so they are as constructive ingredient and some that have negative reflection bring destruction effects. this a focuses on the negative consequences of  black...

The present paper focuses on intertextuality as a means of black humor in plays by Martin McDonagh, famous British-Irish playwright. Nine his have been translated into different languages and staged theatres around the world. However, most theories comic effect cannot explain phenomenon popularity. This prompted authors to search for accurate least conditioned way classify intertext general par...