<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Satire has not been given the humorologists’ attention to an extent that would do justice to the amount of humor satire actually holds. Therefore, the intention of this paper is to shed light on satire as humorous discourse, with an emphasis on counterfactuals. Interestingly enough, counterfactuals oppose the actual state of affairs; rhetorically however, they show potential to reveal the truth. Political satire is an area of conflict between truth and falsehood which is exactly why this type of satire is discussed in this paper. Tools from Cognitive Linguistics – framing and blending – are utilized to show to what extent counterfactuals are actually false and how they essentially contribute to satire. Examples of political satire are selected from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show.</p></abstract>

Satire has not been given the humorologists’ attention to an extent that would do justice to the amount of humor satire actually holds. Therefore, the intention of this paper is to shed light on satire as humorous discourse, with an emphasis on counterfactuals. Interestingly enough, counterfactuals oppose the actual state of affairs; rhetorically however, they show potential to reveal the truth. Political satire is an area of conflict between truth and falsehood which is exactly why this type of satire is discussed in this paper. Tools from Cognitive Linguistics – framing and blending – are utilized to show to what extent counterfactuals are actually false and how they essentially contribute to satire. Examples of political satire are selected from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show.

Using counterfactuals to display facts – the case of satirical humor

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Satire has not been given the humorologists’ attention to an extent that would do justice to the amount of humor satire actually holds. Therefore, the...

Using counterfactuals to display facts – the case of satirical humor

Published Online: Dec 21, 2017

Page range: 116 - 126

Received: Sep 05, 2017

Accepted: Oct 27, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/exell-2017-0010

Keywords
satire, counterfactuals, cognitive linguistics, framing, blending, The Daily Show

© 2016 Adi Maslo, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Using counterfactuals to display facts – the case of satirical humor

Published Online: Dec 21, 2017

Page range: 116 - 126

Received: Sep 05, 2017

Accepted: Oct 27, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/exell-2017-0010

Keywordssatire, counterfactuals, cognitive linguistics, framing, blending, The Daily Show

© 2016 Adi Maslo, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
satire, counterfactuals, cognitive linguistics, framing, blending, The Daily Show