Pragmatic Principles and Humour in "The IT Crowd" – Mgr. Eva Čapková
Mgr. Eva Čapková
Bachelor's thesis
Pragmatic Principles and Humour in "The IT Crowd"
Pragmatic Principles and Humour in "The IT Crowd"
Abstract:
Cílem této bakalářské práce je pragmatické studium slovního humoru, který se vyskytuje v britské situační komedii "The IT Crowd". Tato práce se zaměřuje na humorné případy, které byly zapříčiněny nedodržením Griceova kooperačního principu a principu zdvořilosti, který navrhnul Geoffrey Leech. Při analýze zábavných příkladů z již zmíněného sitcomu jsou do úvahy vzaty všechny maximy těchto principů. …moreAbstract:
The aim of this thesis is to explore verbal humour used in the British sitcom "The IT Crowd" from pragmatic point of view. It focuses on humorous instances created by non-observance of the Gricean Cooperative Principle and the Politeness Principle proposed by Geoffrey Leech. All the maxims of these principles are taken into consideration in the analysis of the humorous instances in "The IT Crowd". …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 15. 5. 2012
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/b1m6l/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 11. 6. 2012
- Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D.
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Institution archiving the thesis and making it accessible: Masarykova univerzita, Filozofická fakultaMasaryk University
Faculty of ArtsBachelor programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature
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