Linguopragmatic features of the everyday joke without an introductory line (based on German and Russian linguocultures)
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This study aims to identify the universal and culture-specific linguistic mechanisms that facilitate the comprehension of everyday jokes with an omitted introductory line (setup) in German and Russian linguocultures. The paper analyses the linguopragmatic mechanisms compensating for the lack of an introductory line in German and Russian jokes. The work substantiates the hypothesis that the comprehension of the comic effect is achieved not through explicit exposition, but by activating background knowledge via key dialogue markers, such as forms of address and thematic vocabulary. The research reveals the linguocultural specificity and thematic differences between German and Russian jokes. The scientific novelty of the work lies in being the first to identify and describe in detail the functional compensation for the missing setup through contact-establishing forms of address and implicational strategies that derive meaning from the dialogue context. The obtained results demonstrate that, while the absence of an introductory line is compensated in both linguocultures by activating background knowledge through dialogue markers, culture-specific differences in structural preferences and thematic content were identified.
Source: Philology Theory & Practice
Author: Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Tyukina
Institution: Yaroslavl State Technical University
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4415151908