Jokes in Italian as a foreign language: comprehension, funniness, and sharing

Q2 Social Sciences European Journal of Humour Research Pub Date : 2023-01-09 DOI:10.7592/ejhr.2022.10.4.658
Alejandra Platas-García, Verónica Reyes-Meza, J.-Martín Castro-Manzano
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This paper analyses whether the comprehension of a joke in Italian as a foreign language is influenced by personal or task elements, whether comprehension influences the perception of funniness, and whether perceived funniness affects intention to share the jokes. A quantitative cross-sectional study was performed. Participants were all native Spanish speakers from Mexico who also read Italian as a foreign language. There were 61 participants, aged 19-64 years (Mage = 26.3; SD = 9.4), comprising 42 females and 19 males. Comprehension was measured using a multiple-choice test. Funniness was measured by a perception scale and sharing was measured by determining intention to share. The objectives were fourfold: to identify whether factors related to the test-taker (gender, occupation, and age) influenced comprehension; to investigate whether factors related to the test task (level of language, reading support, and prior knowledge) influenced comprehension; to explore if comprehension influenced the perception of funniness; and to determine whether funniness influenced the intention to share. To statistically evaluate these question, four generalized linear models were constructed (one corresponding to each objective). The results indicated that: (i) the test-taker’s occupation affects comprehension (p = 0.0499); (ii) the interaction of all of the test-task factors influences comprehension (p = 0.03087); (iii) comprehension affects funniness (p <0.001); and (iv) perceived funniness influences sharing (p <0.001). Finally, a discussion of these results is presented.
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本文分析了作为外语的意大利语笑话的理解是否受到个人因素或任务因素的影响,理解是否影响幽默的感知,以及感知到的幽默是否影响笑话分享的意愿。进行了定量横断面研究。参与者都是来自墨西哥的母语为西班牙语的人,他们也把意大利语当作外语来读。61名参与者,年龄19-64岁(年龄= 26.3;SD = 9.4),其中女性42人,男性19人。理解能力是通过多项选择测试来衡量的。幽默是通过感知量表来衡量的,分享是通过决定分享的意图来衡量的。目的有四:确定与应试者相关的因素(性别、职业和年龄)是否影响理解;研究与测试任务相关的因素(语言水平、阅读支持和先验知识)是否影响理解;探讨理解是否影响幽默感知;并确定搞笑是否会影响分享的意愿。为了统计评估这些问题,我们构建了四个广义线性模型(每个目标对应一个)。结果表明:(1)职业对理解有影响(p = 0.0499);(ii)所有测试任务因素的交互作用影响理解(p = 0.03087);(iii)理解影响滑稽(p <0.001);(iv)感知滑稽影响分享(p <0.001)。最后,对这些结果进行了讨论。
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European Journal of Humour Research
European Journal of Humour Research Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
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期刊介绍: The European Journal of Humour Research (EJHR) is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal with an international multidisciplinary editorial board. Although geographically-oriented towards the ˋold continentˊ, the European perspective aims at an international readership and contributors. EJHR covers the full range of work being done on all aspects of humour phenomenon. EJHR is designed to respond to the important changes that have affected the study of humour but particular predominance is given to the past events and current developments in Europe.
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