The peculiarities of English humour Laugh Smile Have

The aim of the work is to show the main features of English humor.

Gelotology - a psychological and physiological study of laughter, and its effects on the

5 min of laughter = 40 min of brake during When you laugh

Humour - a funny, sharp, witty mentality; the ability to present the events, faults,

“humour” = “liquid” was used to denote “the body fluids”

- Waiter! There’s a fly in my soup! - Please don’t speak so loudly,

Joke - something that you say to make people laugh Anecdote - folklore genre,

Elephant jokes Dry sense of humour (the irony) Banana skin sense of humour

▪Pun ▪Absurd ▪Effect of dashed expectation ▪Grammatical oddities

Pun – use of a word that has two meanings * * * -Will

Absurdity - something ridiculous, a situations where something is contrary to a common sense

- Don’t bother me. I‘m writing a letter to my boyfriend. - But why

- Poor child! What a swollen cheek you have! Is it a tooth? -

The effect of dashed expectation – a situation when you expect another culmination What

At whom do all people stare with open mouth?

PUN GRAMMAR 100 90 90 80 80 66 70 60 40 36 33 23

APPENDIX 3 Are the following jokes funny? 90 80 70 73 66 66 66

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The peculiarities of English humour

Laugh! Smile! Have fun !

The aim of the work is to show the main features of English humor. The tasks: 1) to examine and analyze the phenomenon of «humour» ; 2) analyze the notion of «joke» ; 3) to study the ways of expressing English humour; 4) conduct a questionnaire among students; 5) to consider the reasons for misunderstanding of English humour;

Gelotology - a psychological and physiological study of laughter, and its effects on the body. Norman Cousins

5 min of laughter = 40 min of brake during When you laugh 80 groups of muscles work 1 min of laughter prolongs your life for 5 min = 40 m inute s

Humour - a funny, sharp, witty mentality; the ability to present the events, faults, in a comic form.

“humour” = “liquid” was used to denote “the body fluids”

English Humour

- Waiter! There’s a fly in my soup! - Please don’t speak so loudly, sir, or everyone will want one.

Joke - something that you say to make people laugh Anecdote - folklore genre, a short funny story, usually passed on from mouth to mouth.

Elephant jokes Dry sense of humour (the irony) Banana skin sense of humour

▪Pun ▪Absurd ▪Effect of dashed expectation ▪Grammatical oddities

Pun – use of a word that has two meanings * * * -Will you tell me your name? -Will Knot. -Why not? * * * -Why was computer late for work? -Because he had a hard drive

Absurdity - something ridiculous, a situations where something is contrary to a common sense * * * - Daddy, daddy! Can I have other glass of water? - What's wrong with you, son, that's your eleventh glass of water? - I know, my bloody bedroom is on fire.

- Don’t bother me. I‘m writing a letter to my boyfriend. - But why are you writing so slowly? - He can’t read very fast.

- Poor child! What a swollen cheek you have! Is it a tooth? - No, it is a sweet!

The effect of dashed expectation – a situation when you expect another culmination What can run all day without getting hot?

Cold water

At whom do all people stare with open mouth?

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PUN GRAMMAR 100 90 90 80 80 66 70 60 40 36 33 23 50 46 50 10 th form 9 th form 40 23 30 23 10 th form 20 20 10 10 joke № 4 joke № 5 joke № 6 joke № 1 joke № 2 joke № 3 DASHED EXPECTATION 90 83 ABSURD 100 90 86 83 80 80 70 70 83 73 66 66 60 60 60 9 th form 50 10 th form 40 30 60 60 9 th form 50 100 73 70 50 30 83 33 20 26 23 10 th form 40 30 20 20 10 10 joke № 7 joke № 8 joke № 10 9 th form 50 joke № 11 joke № 12

APPENDIX 3 Are the following jokes funny? 90 80 70 73 66 66 66 60 60 60 50 90 83 8383 50 40 50 60 50 33 26 30 66 60 60 33 9 th form 10 th form 26 20 20 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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