The non-reductive intention as input of the humorous meaning in jokes

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Sebastião Lourenço
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: letrônica
• Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/22054
• topic: Intention; Interpretation; Meaning; Inference.; Intenção; Interpretação; Significado; Inferência.

In a spontaneous conversation, in which the interlocutors negotiate changeable interpretations, which in their turn dissolve as soon as the statements are pronounced, the intention of the one who conveys information has a great implication on the contextualization of meaning. In a non-spontaneous conversation as a joke, the teller has the autonomy to intentionally manipulate the story in order to produce smaller or greater expectations on the conclusion of it. The aim of this article is to describe the interpretation process of the humoristic meaning implicitly manifest in a joke. The hypothesis is that in a joke the teller’s intention must confirm or refute a piece of knowledge or creed sustained by the hearer in a way that the interpretation of the meaning, once successful, provokes laughter. The theoretical basis for this study follows the relevance-based pragmatic perspective (SPERBER; WILSON, 1986).