Wykorzystanie koncepcji przełączników w analizie tekstu kabaretowego – studium przypadku (na przykładzie skeczu Ochmistrz szuka żony kabaretu Potem)
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https://doi.org/10.12797/LV.21.2026.42.10Keywords:
humour, triggers, disjunctor, connector, isotopy, isotopy-disjunction model, cabaret sketch, Cabaret PotemAbstract
APPLYING THE CONCEPT OF TRIGGERS TO THE ANALYSIS OF CABARET TEXTS: A CASE STUDY OF THE SKETCH OCHMISTRZ SZUKA ŻONY BY POTEM CABARET
The article is devoted to the application of the concept of triggers – both humorous (connectors and disjunctors) and non-humorous (overlap triggers) – to the description of the structure and dynamics of humor in a text. The analysis of the distribution, density, and configurations of triggers reveals their close relationship with the compositional organization of the sketch and its narrative dynamics. The findings confirm that the concept of triggers constitutes a useful analytical tool for the study of complex humorous texts, although its application entails the risk of simplifying their multidimensional semantic structure. The article also outlines directions for further research, including the possibility of experimentally testing the functioning of triggers and their automatic detection in larger text corpora.
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