NO HUMOR, NO EVIDENTIAL: ABOUT ITS USE IN HUMOROUS MONOLOGUES

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  • Leonor Ruiz Gurillo UNVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE

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https://doi.org/10.7203/Normas.v7i2.9218

Keywords:

humor, evidentials, humorous monologue, humorous marker, irony.

Abstract

This paper has as its aim to shed light on functions of evidentials in humorous monologues, more precisely those by the comedian Andreu Buenafuente from 2007 to 2011 (203 monologues). Considering a functional and semantic conception of evidentiality, these hypotheses will be proposed: the genre determines the pragmatic functions of evidentiality; evidentials are integrated into the monologue’s expositive-argumentative structure; regarding this structural role, several strategies of evidentiality may be distinguished; evidentials act as humorous markers. A quantitative as well as a qualitative analysis of elements según, según dicen, dicen que [it’s said], se ve que [lit. it is seen that’/apparently], and claro [of course]) will be proposed. Furthermore, a semantic-pragmatic frame of evidentials and evidentialty in Buenafuente’s humorous monologue will be explained.

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Author Biography

Leonor Ruiz Gurillo, UNVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE

Leonor Ruiz Gurillo es catedrática de Lengua Española en la Universidad de Alicante. Ha centrado su investigación en diversos temas de la fraseología española, español coloquial, pragmática, ironía y humor. Entre sus trabajos destacan los libros Aspectos de fraseología teórica española (Valencia, Universidad, 1997), La fraseología del español coloquial (Barcelona, Ariel, 1998), Las locuciones en español actual (Madrid, Arco Libros, 2001), Ejercicios de fraseología (Madrid, Arco Libros, 2002), Hechos pragmáticos del español (Alicante, Universidad, 2006) y La lingüística del humor en español (Madrid, Arco/Libros, 2012). Es miembro fundacional del grupo Val.Es.Co. (Valencia, Español Coloquial) que coordina Antonio Briz y del grupo de investigación EPA-IULMA. Asimismo, pertenece a IULMA (Instituto Interuniversitario de Lenguas Modernas y Aplicadas y al IUIEG (Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Estudios de Género).

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Published

2017-12-20

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Ruiz Gurillo, L. (2017). NO HUMOR, NO EVIDENTIAL: ABOUT ITS USE IN HUMOROUS MONOLOGUES. Normas, 7(2), 5–18. https://doi.org/10.7203/Normas.v7i2.9218
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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2017): Lenguaje vago y atenuación II

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