The article will describe the transformation of cultural heritage, focusing on ethnic jokes. Starting with the jokes from the 1890s, which were collected by Estonian folklorist Matthias Johann Eisen (1857–1934) during the country-wide folklore collection campaigns tied to the idea of national revival and ending with the most recent jokes shared on the Internet, the article will give an overview...

The current study examined the types of everyday talk occurring most frequently within each of the three family communication environments and how family communication environment and everyday talk contribute to family satisfaction. Four hundred twenty participants representing 201 families completed measures representing these three constructs. Each of the three family communication environmen...

The Authors report a case of a patient presenting in the Emergency Department (ED) with severe epigastric pain refractory to therapeutic treatment, with onset after forced ice water ingestion caused by joking compression of a soft PET ® bottle during drinking. The Angio MR and angiography performed, after exclusion of suspected esophagus rupture and other esophago-gastric diseases, to rule out ...

Personal humorous remarks may be avoided in certain conversations out of fear of introducing and reinforcing undesirable assumptions. Teases directed at others and self-targeted humor are perhaps the most vulnerable in this regard. Unless participants know each other well, a tease intended as kidding could be heard as an insult, and a self-directed remark could be read as a confession. When hum...

The study examines the hate speeches used by Nigerian politicians within theoretical framework of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). Some are selected and analyzed. objectives this include identifying investigating using critical discourse analysis. random sampling is to elucidate data from dailies. includes against opposing parties or individuals. methodology for research descriptive approach....