Abstract In this paper the discourse of a specific type meme in Spanish, image macro, is analysed, together with several ways which memes generate humorous effects. Two main areas are addressed: (a) how humour arises from processing text (decoding plus further inferential enrichment); and (b) relies on combinations meme. The pragmatic framework used analysis will be relevance theory ( Sperber W...

THE LANCET Neurology Vol 1 June 2002 http://neurology.thelancet.com 80 If you respond to the question “what is apathy?” by saying “I don’t know and I don’t care”, you’ve got the correct answer. But if you didn’t get this joke, you may be suffering from impaired humour appreciation, according to research presented at this year’s Rotman Research Institute Conference (Toronto, ON, Canada; March 25...

I. Male and female guinea-pigs with high tissue concentrations of L-xyloascorbic acid (ascorbic acid, AA) and male guinea-pigs with high tissue concentrations of D-araboascorbic acid (isoascorbic acid, isoAA) were given a scorbutogenic diet and the rates of depletion from various tissues were measured for both isomers. 2. The loss of AA from the brain and eye lens was considerably less rapid th...