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DEAF HUMOR & SIGN LANGUAGE HUMOR (What is Humor for? (relax, make…
DEAF HUMOR & SIGN LANGUAGE HUMOR
What is Humor for?
relax
make light of a difficult situation
socially and intellectually satisfying for all
social control,ridiculing behavior that is not socially approved
bond between jokester and audience
therapy
pleasure, fun and laughter
International Deaf Humor
shared experiences
can be adapted to various sign languages
spread thru personal contact or internet
the source of the original joke gets lost
Taboo
not all humor is friendly, polite or kind
dirty jokes
humor allows space for taboo topics
becareful not to criticise
addresses concerns in the deaf community
What makes Deaf people laugh
party games
cartoon drawings
slapstick
dominant visual experience
jokes, funny stories
conceptual jokes
deaf related content
culturally traditions
Funny in Sign Language only
linguistic humor
gets lost in translation
:smiley:
Sign Language Humor
caricature
speed and size of signing
metalinguistic play
anthropomorphism
changing internal sign structure
Bilingual Humor
loan translation
fingerspelling play