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Deaf Humor and Sign Language Humor - Coggle Diagram
Deaf Humor and Sign Language Humor
Sign Language Humor
Changing internal structure
Metalinguistic play
Caricature
Speed and size of signing
Anthropomorphism
What is humor for?
Humor provides pleasure/fun/laughter
Create bond between speaker and audience
Humor is socially and intellectually satisfying for most people. (some people don't have humor in general lol)
Can help people relax
Conceptual humor
International Deaf humor
Deaf humor spreads quickly through Deaf communities
Spreads quickly because it draws on the shared experiences of deaf people anywhere
Deaf humor spreads internationally through personal contact: socials, events, conferences etc
Humor often has specific national characteristics
BUT humor can adapt/naturalize for each country.
Other jokes are known as "international deaf jokes": deaf lion joke
Taboo
Not all humor is friendly/polite/kind
Taboo topics:
sexual
bathroom jokes
racist
sexist
homophobic
discrimination
"anti hearing people" sterotypes hearing people are given by the deaf.