Humour

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Humour

Humour (== Template:IPA ==

The Template:IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.

Pronunciation

The pronunciation of the term "IPA" is /aɪ piː eɪ/ in English.

Etymology

The term "IPA" is an acronym for the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Association, founded in 1886, created the IPA to provide a single, universal system for the transcription of spoken language.

Related Terms

  • Phonetic notation: A system used to visually represent the sounds of speech. The IPA is one type of phonetic notation.
  • Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
  • Phonology: The study of the way sounds function within a particular language or languages. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a particular language or languages.
  • Transcription (linguistics): The systematic representation of spoken language in written form. The source of the words transcribe and transcription, the term means "to write across" in Latin, and it's the process of converting spoken language into written form. In linguistics, this is often done using the IPA.

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Languages: - East Asian 中文, 日本, 한국어, South Asian हिन्दी, Urdu, বাংলা, తెలుగు, தமிழ், ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, မြန်မာဘာသာ, European español, Deutsch, français, русский, português do Brasil, Italian, polski) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humours (Latin: humor, "body fluid"), controlled human health and emotion.

Etymology

The word "humour" is derived from the Latin "humor", meaning "liquid" or "fluid". In the context of ancient Greek medicine, "humour" referred to one of the four bodily fluids (or "humours") that were believed to control human health and mood. These were blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm.

Types of Humour

There are many forms of humour, including but not limited to:

  • Irony: A form of humour which involves saying things that are the opposite of what you mean.
  • Sarcasm: A sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt.
  • Satire: A genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule.
  • Parody: An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

Related Terms

  • Comedy: A genre of dramatic works that are intended to be humorous.
  • Joke: A short narrative or anecdote crafted with the intent of amusing its audience by ending in an unexpected or humorous punchline.
  • Wit: A form of intelligent humour, the ability to say or write things that are clever and usually funny.
  • Pun: A form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.

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