Bastian Mayerhofer

List of John Benjamins publications in which Bastian Mayerhofer is involved.

Articles

Mayerhofer, Bastian 2013 Perspective clashing as a humour mechanism Developments in Linguistic Humour Theory, Dynel, Marta (ed.), pp. 211–234 | Article

Misunderstandings, mistaken identities, the lack of information of a character in a story, or the application of a faulty logic by a character in a story are prominent elements of humorous narratives. Perspective clashing is introduced as a categorisation of these humorous instances. Narratives… read more

Mayerhofer, Bastian and Annekathrin Schacht 2013 Salience, accessibility, and humorous potential in the comprehension of garden path jokes: A probabilistic approach Developments in Linguistic Humour Theory, Dynel, Marta (ed.), pp. 341–366 | Article

Garden path jokes exploit discourse comprehension processes at the interface of semantics and pragmatics. Up to the punch-line, the recipient is intentionally led up the garden path. A first dominant interpretation of an ambiguous textual input is constructed. After encountering a violation of the… read more