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Started 23 January 2025
Give examples of how our world view is affected by our bodies: tall vs. short, fat vs. skinny, old vs. young, athletic vs. intellectual, boy vs. girl,
Give examples of how our world view is affected by our bodies: tall vs. short, fat vs. skinny, old vs. young, athletic vs. intellectual, boy vs. girl, etc.
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What is the significance of linguistic humor and language play in the field of TESL?
Linguistic Humor and Language Play
There are many different types of linguistic humor: phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic. There are
Oxymorons (Civil War),
Metaphors (raining cats and dogs),
Slang (T’sup),
Allusions (Jiminy Cricket),
Anagrams (George Bush = He bugs Gore),
Chiasmus (Aging is a matter of mind over matter;
if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.),
Enigma (It’s been a strange day.
First, I found a hat full of money,
and then I was chased by an angry man with a guitar),
Eponymy (Gloomy Gus),
Irony (Paglacci is not a happy clown),
Nonsense (T’was brillig and the slithy toves),
Palindromes (Dammit I’m mad),
Synecdoche (“Father, he’s asked for my hand.”
Father responds, “It’s the whole thing, or nothing.”),
and Zeugma (A little song. A little dance. A little seltzer down your pants).
International Society for Humor Studies: http://www.humorstudies.org/
To what extent is satire legally protected?
Humor in Law and Legal Issues
The Media Law Journal (April 24, 2013) stated, “it’s not that the law clearly protects humorous speech and satire. The question is a bit vexed.” “With cases involving outrageous parody and satire, the path of least resistance has been to find the ‘speech’ non-defamatory as a matter of law.” Satire is “the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.” The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press states that “Satire and Parody are important forms of political commentary that rely on blurring the line between truth and outrageousness to attack, scorn and ridicule public figures.” “Although they may be offensive and intentionally injurious, these statements contain constitutionally protected ideas and opinions provided a reasonable reader would not mistake the statements as describing actual facts.”
Comedians and writers can make a living from writing original jokes, but not all jokes can be copyrighted. A joke must be original, and fixed in some tangible form to be eligible for copyright protection, so jokes that are only uttered verbally are ineligible. Videos, books, and recordings of jokes may be eligible for copyright protection because they are recorded in tangible form. Jokes must also be original.
Minor variations of other people’s jokes are not eligible for copyright protection; also generalized humorous observations might not be eligible. The “Fair-Use” exception to copyright laws allows short excerpts of copyrighted material to be used for educational use, for parody, for scholarly review and similar purposes. Normally only longer jokes, humorous essays, or collections of jokes are copyrighted because other performers could work your jokes into their routines, and claim that they were parodying your jokes.
VOLTAIRE SAID: “It is forbidden to kill; therefore, all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
HONORÉ DE BALZAC SAID: “Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.
JIMMY CARTER SAID: “Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.”
What does the law say about the protection of satire, irony, parody, and jokes?
Don and Alleen Nilsen “Humor Across the Academic Disciplines” PowerPoints: https://www.public.asu.edu/~dnilsen/
What is the importance of satire and parody and cartooning in the reporting of political events?
Humor in Journalism and Reporting
Journalists often allude to children’s literature, because in our diverse culture, memories of classic children’s books are what we all have in common.
Nursery Rhymes and Folk Tales are a rich resource because they present a full array of personalities
• Chicken Little to represent alarmists
• Pinocchio to represent liars.
• The Big Bad Wolf to warn us of danger
• The Frog Prince to give hope to discouraged women
• Humpty Dumpty to point out how easy it is to fall from grace
In the Old Days, when Humpty Dumpty fell, sympathetic bystanders rushed to put him back together, but in a recent cartoon he was shunned by creatures shouting “Salmonella!”
• Cultural Icons can be either
– recognized visual symbols
– or familiar words that can be parodied.
• Editorial Cartoonists first have to help the viewers into the mindset of the original,
• Then take them in a new direction.
For efficiency, cartoonists make use of common visual symbols
• Pointing fingers or arrows
• The Trojan Horse
• Tombstones and the initials R.I.P.
• Skulls/The Grim Reaper
• The three monkeys (See no evil. Hear No evil. Speak no evil)
• The Ghost of Christmas Past
• Superman
• Railroad tracks not matching up
What are the cultural icons used by American journalists and editorial cartoonists? What about the cultural icons of other countries?
Don and Alleen Nilsen “Humor Across the Academic Disciplines” PowerPoints: https://www.public.asu.edu/~dnilsen/
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Background
Body composition is an important determinant of athletic performance that is directly influenced by training and detraining. Collegiate athletes experience substantial variability in training intensity during a season, but little research has been conducted to track changes in body composition across periods of intense training and break...