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Abstract
This thesis is divided into five chapters. Chapter One is an introduction to the thesis. This chapter starts by presenting a broad background on political humor with respect to its influence on social order. The chapter then is narrowed down to introduce the scope of the study with reference to humor in the American and Egyptian contexts. This is followed by the assumption of the study, and then by the rationale of the study in which the reasons that motivate this study are explained. The general aim and the specific objectives as well as the research questions are also introduced and then followed by the hypothesis and the significance of the study.
In Chapter Two, a review of the related literature on both CDA and linguistic humor research is introduced with focus on the aim and principles, main theoretical concepts, and analytical approaches in CDA. The review of literature also presents research on humor in general with emphasis on political humor in particular. Two main linguistics-based humor theories, namely, the SSTH and the GTVH are then thoroughly presented. The chapter also provides an analogy between CDA and linguistic humor research and ends with a review of some recent studies in CDA and linguistic humor research.
Chapter Three presents the methodology used for the analysis of the two corpora of political jokes investigated in this study, namely, the English/American (Eng./Amr.), and the Arabic/Egyptian (Ar./Egy.) jokes. The methodology introduces the database and the procedures used in the analysis. Chapter Three also presents a detailed analysis of each investigated joke in terms of the KR parameters used for the representation of the jokes. The analysis also investigates the social/ideological dimension that can be assigned (when possible) to the KR parameters. In addition, four pairs of joke similarity in the Eng./Amr. corpus are also analyzed adopting the same procedures used with the rest of the analyzed jokes in this study.
In Chapter Four, results and discussion of joke analysis, as introduced in the third chapter, are provided in terms of a comparison between the two analyzed corpora of political jokes. The comparison is made with respect to the ideologies and values identified in each corpus; the ideological function of each corpus of jokes in its socio-political and cultural context; the relationship between the socio-political and cultural context and the identified ideologies in each corpus, and the cognitive base and the social/ideological dimension of the KR parameters used for the representation of the investigated jokes. In addition, an attempt to indicate the relationship between ideology and the KR parameters is also provided in the light of the analysis of joke similarity. Finally, this fourth chapter also introduces a verification of the research hypotheses presented in the first chapter.
Chapter Five summarizes the main findings of this study in a number of points that indicate the most important aspects of similarity and difference between the investigated Eng./Amr. and Ar./Egy. political jokes. The chapter then ends the study by introducing its limitations and some suggestions for further research.