The Folk Riddle: A Redefinition of Terms

Green, Thomas A.; Pepicello, W. J.

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“…This is reflected in the responses of listeners who, perceive and communicate it thus: These explanations, coupled with the definition of phonological ambiguity as provided in Section 5.2, reflect the way(s) in which phonological ambiguity is realised, perceived and communicated by listeners. They show it to occur when sounds are modifiedspecifically phonemes -and exclude other linguistic phenomena previously included within this categorisation such as the modification of word boundaries (Shultz & Pilon, 1973;Shultz & Horibe, 1974) and the concept of homophony (Shultz & Pilon, 1973;Shultz & Horibe, 1974;Binstead & Ritchie, 1997;Green & Pepicello, 1979. By isolating the specific language features constituting phonological ambiguity in this way, the future researcher can now be sure both of the linguistic phenomena constituting phonological ambiguity and of the processing demands required in order that it be understood.…”

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“…Hirsh-Pasek et al (1978) use the former term and also refer to 'underlying structure' ambiguity. Green and Pepicello (1979) allude to 'syntactic' processes and discuss this concept further in a subsequent paper (1984). Yuill (1998) also makes reference to 'syntactic' ambiguity although she provides us with no definition of what this might comprise.…”

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Disambiguating ambiguity

Baker¹,

Aldridge

2021

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This paper addresses inconsistencies in findings for children’s humour development by examining the ways in which five different ambiguity types (lexical, phonological, morphological, syntactic and idiomatic) have been interpreted and applied in earlier studies on humour comprehension. It identifies discrepancies in linguistic phenomena perceived to constitute each ambiguity type and highlights how differences have contributed to contrasting claims being made about ambiguity types comprehended by young children during the final humour stage. Definitions are subsequently provided for each ambiguity type examined. Definitions accommodate the fact that verbal humour is intrinsically embedded with the form in which it is delivered (i.e. the language in which it is communicated) and are based upon linguistic phenomena through which ambiguity types are manifested. Application of these definitions should now allow the researcher to be sure of linguistic phenomena being tested at any given time and facilitate comparison and contextualisation of findings across future studies

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Disambiguating ambiguity

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Aldridge

2021

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“…Analysis of recent research and publications on the problem. Despite the constant interest of scientists to the problem of semantic peculiarities of English riddles (I. Berezovskyi [1], T. Grin [4], A. Teylor [5], W. Peppicello [6], etc. ), the problem of structural and semantic typology of riddles remains unsolved.…”

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Semantic Peculiarities of English Riddles and Their Reflection in the Linguistic Picture of the World

Khaidari¹

2020

Науковий Вісник ДДПУ Імені Івана Франка. Серія: Філологічні Науки (Мовознавство)

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The article determines riddles as short works the basis of which is a witty, metaphorical question that involves an answer. It is determined that the specificity of riddles is that in their concealed allegorical form an object or phenomenon is encrypted and one should find its original meaning. The theme of English folk riddles covers the phenomena of nature, flora and fauna, which constantly surrounds a human (his spiritual life, work, household items, tools, etc.). It has been researched that the poetics of the genre of English folk riddles is mainly characterized by general folklore features. Most often, they are based on metaphor, metonymy and detailed parallelism. It has been proved that epithets, comparisons, hyperbolas and tautological expressions are used in the language of riddles, which enriches the "language" of riddles, gives it expressiveness and variety. The rhythm of riddles is often emphasized by alliteration and assonance, which helps to make their structure clear and enhance the effect of the recipient's perception. On the basis of the research the following types of logical riddles are distinguished a) riddles based on incomplete direct description of asked object; b) description asked object is given by its comparison (direct or negative) with the other objects; c) metaphorical (based on replacing of asked object with another); d) riddles, in which asked and "puzzling" objects have a general characteristic, moreover the asked object is expressed more intensive; e) graphic (is asked not by the word, but by the letter); f) homonymous (based on the play of homonyms meaning); g) pun or wordplay (based on the change of word framework); h) riddlesjokes (aimed at the inertia of interlocutor perception); i) cumulative (based on the principle of cumulative tales); j) riddles-tasks (arithmetic, counting). It has been found that English folk riddle is widely used as a textbook material and is the subject of some theoretical research, since it has a complex semantic structure, is grouped on different topics and reflects the heritage of previous generations.

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Linguistics and Humor

Pepicello¹,

Weisberg²

1983

Handbook of Humor Research

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The Folk Riddle: A Redefinition of Terms

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Semantic Peculiarities of English Riddles and Their Reflection in the Linguistic Picture of the World

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