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IFSA/NAFIPS 2019 2019: Fuzzy Techniques: Theory and Applications pp 655–666Cite as

Fuzziness and Humor: Aspects of Interaction and Computation

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The paper addresses the fuzzy status of verbal humor for the first time in studies of fuzziness as well as in humor research. After a brief introduction to a dominant class of linguistic theories of humor, it focuses on the ontological semantic theory of humor, where the relationship is made obvious and reaches the computational level of formality. A couple of ordinary jokes are analyzed both within ontological semantics and from the point of view of fuzziness. The final section illustrates how native speakers manipulate fuzziness in humor by maximizing the membership functions.

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    Julia Taylor Rayz & Victor Raskin

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, USA

    Ralph Baker Kearfott

  2. Center for Computing Research (CIC), Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico

    Ildar Batyrshin

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Marek Reformat

  4. Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA

    Martine Ceberio

  5. Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at El Paso , El Paso, TX, USA

    Vladik Kreinovich

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Taylor Rayz, J., Raskin, V. (2019). Fuzziness and Humor: Aspects of Interaction and Computation. In: Kearfott, R., Batyrshin, I., Reformat, M., Ceberio, M., Kreinovich, V. (eds) Fuzzy Techniques: Theory and Applications. IFSA/NAFIPS 2019 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1000. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21920-8_58

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