?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Pragmatics+Of+Cartoons%3A+%0AThe+Interaction+Of+Bystander+Humorosity+Vs.+Agent-Patient+Humorosity&rft.creator=Gezgin%2C+Dr.+Ulas+Basar&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=The+pragmatic+analysis+of+cartoons+poses+numerous+difficulties+for+theoretical+pragmatics+as+well+as+applied+areas.+There+have+been+theoretical%2C+pragmatic+and+experimental+studies+to+uncover+the+quality+of+humors%2C+but+there+is+neither+a+theory+specifically+designed+to+account+for+the+source+and+degree+of+humorosity+in+cartoons+nor+a+general+theory+applicable+to+the+domain+of+cartoons.+Yet+three+models+are+prevalent+in+humor+research%3A+the+first+model+(the+script-based+semantic+theory+of+humor%3B+SSTH)+addresses+what+makes+a+text+humorous+and+a+cognitivistic+account+mobilizing+the+notion+of+scripts+and+script+opposition.+The+second+model+(Setup%2C+Incongruity%2C+Resolution%3B+SIR)+which+dovetails+with+the+former+and+the+third+one+concerns+the+stages+involved+in+humor+comprehension%3A+three+stages+are+proposed.+Finally+the+third+model+(the+general+theory+of+verbal+humor%3B+GTVH)+addresses+the+issue+of+what+makes+a+text+humorous+again+in+a+seemingly+comprehensive+way+though+it+fails+to+account+the+nature+of+cartoons+since+it+is+a+theory+of+verbal+humors+only+and+since+cartoons+are+not+necessarily+based+on+verbal+humors+to+be+humorous.+In+this+study%2C+Piyale+Madra%E2%80%99s+cartoon+band+%E2%80%98Ademler+ve+Havvalar%E2%80%99+is+taken+to+be+cases+to+investigate.+The+cartoons+that+had+published+at+the+newspaper+%E2%80%98Radikal%E2%80%99+since+Oct.+1st+up+until+Dec.+17th+2001+are+selected+for+closer+scrutiny.+Based+on+the+bits+and+pieces+of+these+cartoons+a+general+overview+of+a+theory+of+cartoons+is+presented+though+such+a+theory+needs+cross-validation+transcending+the+idiosyncrasies+of+a+single+cartoonist.+That+is%2C+in+order+to+construct+a+theory%2C+further+studies+are+necessary+in+which+cartoons+by+cartoonists+of+extremely+different+mentalities+are+necessary.+This+is+one+of+the+major+limitations+of+this+study.%0A&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4904%2F1%2FUla%25C5%259F_Ba%25C5%259Far_Gezgin_-_The_Pragmatics_Of_Cartoons.htm&rft.identifier=++Gezgin%2C+Dr.+Ulas+Basar++(2004)+The+Pragmatics+Of+Cartoons%3A+The+Interaction+Of+Bystander+Humorosity+Vs.+Agent-Patient+Humorosity.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4904%2F