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American Offensive Funny Riddles: A Critical Metaphor Analysis | ||
| Journal of University of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 26, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 107-121 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ahmed Sahib Jabir Mubarak | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The paradox in the offensive humor lies in the assumption that what evokes laughter can be harmful for someone. Linguistically, the offense can be expressed directly and indirectly, additionally, humor, including riddles is one of the most effective ways to show offense or aggression toward someone. Humor, on the other hand, is mostly expressed indirectly. Metaphoric forms are said to be one of the most appealing strategies of humor language. The present study aims at applying a critical metaphor analysis of some randomly selected American offensive humorous riddles related to various aspects of offense like race and nation. In this approach to critical discourse analysis, the cognitive aspect is added for the sake of analyzing figurative forms like metaphor which is considered as an important part of ideology. Thus, critical metaphor analysis covers both social and cognitive aspects. It is concluded that offensive jokes (namely funny riddles) can be used as a tool to measure the aggressiveness towards certain social aspects like race; on the other hand, metaphors afford indications of facets of power, inequality and people ideologies in American society. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| critical discourse analysis; metaphor; offense; Ideology; critical metaphor analysis | ||
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