Hi everybody!
I'm working on some experiments for my thesis about Automatic Humour Recognition
and that's why I would like to know if any one of you knows
any corpus or resource with humorous data, no mattter the language. My intention
is to test some features I have identified on a one-liners corpus. I have done
it on a catalan children corpus and, it seems, that these features work. Now,
I'm trying to automatically get a bigger spanish corpus from the web, if I get,
I would like to deal it with this comunity.
Thanks,
Antonio

hello all. i am a psy. undergraduate, too, from Padjadjaran
University, Bandung, Indonesia. i am also working on my scription
which the topic is humor. i'l be glad if we may share about it, coz i
really need help...
ps: i am interested to make correlation study between sense of humor
and cognitive appraissal


--- In Humorology@yahoogroups.com, "fff_jeff" <fff_jeff@...> wrote:
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> Hello all, this is Jeff, a psy. undergraduate from the Chinese
> University of Hong Kong. I am recently working hard on my thesis, of
> which the topic is humor, and have read couples of literatures and
> journals. And so, see what we may share any news as well as good
> articles, and ideas etc~ :)
>
> Jeff
>

Can you think about computation without mathematical basis?
I don't think so.
Therefore you have to start with some kind of formula of laughter.
Fortunately it is developed and .. it works!
Here
http://www.outskirtspress.com/webpage.php?isbn=1598002228

Best, Konstantin

--- In Humorology@yahoogroups.com, Antonio Reyes <areyespgil@...> wrote:
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> Thanks for your answer. I'll take into account your suggestion.Any
way, if someone else has more information, I'll appreciate it.
> Best,Antonio
> --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Gil <alonzo_gil@...> wrote:
> From: Gil <alonzo_gil@...>
> Subject: [Humorology] Re: Conferences and courses about
computational humour
> To: Humorology@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 5:10 PM
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> Your best source will probably be Greame Ritchie. He is the prominent
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> he might know more about conferences, etc. His website is:
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> --- In Humorology@yahoogro ups.com, "areyespgil" <areyespgil@ ...>
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> > Hi, my name is Antonio and I'm begining to work into the
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> > humour area, specifically in automatic humour recognition. It's a
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> > hard task but amazing... I know some researches about it, (Mihalcea
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> > Strapparava, Binsted, Pulman, Buscaldi, etc.) but I would like to
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> > if any of you has some data about conferences and courses which
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> treat
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> > computational humour.
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> > Thanks for any idea and feedback.
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> > Best,
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> > Antonio
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Hey Antonio,

Your best source will probably be Greame Ritchie. He is the prominent
researcher in computational humor. I suggest that you contact him and
he might know more about conferences, etc. His website is:
http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~gritchie/

Gil


--- In Humorology@yahoogroups.com, "areyespgil" <areyespgil@...>
wrote:
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> Hi, my name is Antonio and I'm begining to work into the
computational
> humour area, specifically in automatic humour recognition. It's a
very
> hard task but amazing... I know some researches about it, (Mihalcea
and
> Strapparava, Binsted, Pulman, Buscaldi, etc.) but I would like to
know
> if any of you has some data about conferences and courses which
treat
> computational humour.
> Thanks for any idea and feedback.
> Best,
> Antonio
>

Hi, my name is Antonio and I'm begining to work into the computational
humour area, specifically in automatic humour recognition. It's a very
hard task but amazing... I know some researches about it, (Mihalcea and
Strapparava, Binsted, Pulman, Buscaldi, etc.) but I would like to know
if any of you has some data about conferences and courses which treat
computational humour.
Thanks for any idea and feedback.
Best,
Antonio

Hello everyone. I'm Ciara, and I'm a senior student from the University
of the Philippines. I'm taking up Speech Communication, and I am
currently working on my undergraduate thesis. I'm just starting and
looking for material on humor. My topic goes into how male and female
college students in my university use humor in their everyday
conversations, in terms of paralanguage, nonverbal cues, language use.

I was wondering if you could suggest some studies, references, and
other materials that I could use for my research. :)

Thank you very much, and thank you for accepting me into this group.

Ciara

It is hardly a comprehensive study although it gives a lot of detail
concerning the hystory of humor. It is just another single socially
based answer.Basically an expansion of the agression theory of humor.
If you have read my paper you will have come across this:

The aggression/superiority theory (Heyd 1982)(Gruner 1999) suggests
that we laugh at the misfortune of others, or those who we consider
beneath us in terms of power or social standing, and humorous
situations are viewed in terms of aggression and
competition.

This theory, that focuses on the motivational (a) theme and content
(b) (c) and emotional (e) aspects of a humorous event, is based on an
erroneous view of laughter. Contrary to the superiority theory, the
evidence from studying the basic laughter response in children and
adults suggests that it is emotive activity on the fear side of
approach and avoidance motivations, and not on the aggressive side,
that is central to the evocation of laughter. Power and standing can
be maintained by approval and respect, and only the fearful maintain
power through aggression. Laughing at the less fortunate is not an
act of the superior but of the frightened. We cannot inhibit the
mental process we term empathy - it is an indispensable facet of
comprehension - and because those people who laugh at the unfortunate
cannot help putting themselves in the situation of those they
belittle, the emotive weight behind their laughter is fear. These
individuals have consciously distanced themselves from the those they
see as their inferiors; they do not sympathize with the less
fortunate, but cannot escape the innate process of empathy, which
places them in the very state they find repulsive.


--- In Humorology@yahoogroups.com, "konstantin_glinka"
<konstantin_glinka@...> wrote:
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>  Did you read this comprehensive study yet?
>
> www.humortheory.com
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> also here:
> http://outskirtspress.com/webpage.php?ISBN=1598002228
>

Did you read this comprehensive study yet?

www.humortheory.com

also here:
http://outskirtspress.com/webpage.php?ISBN=1598002228

Hello fellow humorologists. I have had an interest in humor for many
years and I have just posted a "paper" on the web.
It is accessible through the academic section of HumorLinks

Go to the site below, scroll down until you see the elephant and blind
men, and click on "A new amended and extended)theory of humor".

http://www.humorlinks.com/cgi-bin/sites/page.cgi?g=Academic%
2Findex.html&d=1&imp=yes

Below is the blurb from the HumorLinks page.

A theory of humor and laughter that critically examines all current
theories and unites their pertinent aspects into a new hypothesis.The
endorphin/laughter controversy is discussed and an explanation of
laughter's immunological effects is given. "This is an original and
well-developed argument that deserves attention and serious
consideration." Diana Mahony, Ph.D Professor of Psychology. "I would
suggest that you submit this paper to the journal HUMOR for
publication." John Morreall.

I do not know if it is quite suitable for beginners but the section
on "The problem with the concept of humor" may save you from falling
into the trap of believing that there is a commonality within the
phenomena grouped under the heading "humor".

Happy reading

Basil

HI Deanna, I just completed a thesis project on humor and stress and used a 15 minute segment of a John Pinette DVD, I Say Nay, Nay. My group thoroughly enjoyed it and were disappointed not to be able to watch it in its entirety.

Anna

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Hello! I would like to know the title of the movies being used in humor studies.

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Hi Deana, I don't think there are specific movies that people use. Any
comedy can work, it all depends on what you do you want to teach or
learn. Recently, I got a new DVD from the history channel titled: The
History of the Joke, which I think is very interesting.

Gil


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Hi!!

Does anyone know any good sites to research humor classification, and
info on sitcoms (types of jokes used and their characteristics)?

Hi all, I thought you might be interested in reading a book review I
wrote on Rod Martin's book. It's not a comprehensive review of the book
but rather mainly surrounded around evolutionary themes, but I thought
you might find it useful anyway.

You can find it here: http://www.epjournal.net/filestore/ep069095.pdf

Gil

Yes.  I recommend Steven Wright.  We're using him in
our study, as well as Mitch Hedberg, who has a similar
one-liner thing going on.

BTW, Steven Wright came to Ann Arbor a couple days ago
and I saw him perform (for research purposes, of
course).  He was awesome.

Nina

--- Gil <alonzo_gil@...> wrote:

> Hi Jesse, you can use one liners from stand up
> comedy, for example
> steven wright's jokes. they are considered classic
> and you can have
> few people rate them prior to the study to find
> which are the
> funniest ones.
>
> Gil
>
> --- In Humorology@yahoogroups.com, "Jesse Graham"
> <jgraham@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Humorologists,
> >
> > I'm wondering if anyone has (or knows where to
> find) a set of short
> sayings
> > -- jokes, one-liners, aphorisms, anything -- that
> have been rated
> for
> > funniness. I'm working on an affect-as-information
> study on
> amusement and
> > profundity, and we were going to use similes
> ("Marriage is like a
> > straightjacket," "God is like a wet bar of soap,"
> etc.) but none of
> them are
> > really funny. Thanks!
> >
> > Jesse
> >
>
>
>

Hi Jesse, you can use one liners from stand up comedy, for example
steven wright's jokes. they are considered classic and you can have
few people rate them prior to the study to find which are the
funniest ones.

Gil

--- In Humorology@yahoogroups.com, "Jesse Graham" <jgraham@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Humorologists,
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has (or knows where to find) a set of short
sayings
> -- jokes, one-liners, aphorisms, anything -- that have been rated
for
> funniness. I'm working on an affect-as-information study on
amusement and
> profundity, and we were going to use similes ("Marriage is like a
> straightjacket," "God is like a wet bar of soap," etc.) but none of
them are
> really funny. Thanks!
>
> Jesse
>

Hello all, this is Jeff, a psy. undergraduate from the Chinese
University of Hong Kong. I am recently working hard on my thesis, of
which the topic is humor, and have read couples of literatures and
journals. And so, see what we may share any news as well as good
articles, and ideas etc~ :)

Jeff