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Deaf Humor and Sign Language Humor - Coggle Diagram
Deaf Humor and Sign Language Humor
What is humor for?
Conceptual humor
Can help people make light of difficult situations
Pleasure, fun, and laughter
What make deaf people laugh?
Conceptual jokes
Many jokes do translate well
Deaf humor is driven by the visual experience
Sign Language Humor
Caricature
Speed and size of signing
Metalinguistic play
Anthropomorphism
Changing internal sign structure
Funny in sign Language, but not in spoken language
Linguistic humor
Languages can translate punch lines differently
Some jokes need the visual aspect
International Deaf humor
Jokes in sign can be adapted
International deaf jokes have many versions and embellishments
Jokes spread rapidly
Bilingual humor
Fingerspelling is the source of most jokes
Loan translation
Can challenge the power spoken languages have over signed ones
Taboo
Hearing people are often the butt of jokes
Some jokes are translations of jokes from hearing people
Not all humor is accepted by everyone