Verbal Humor: a Salient Case in Translation and Translatability

Authors

• A. Effendi Kadarisman, Universitas Negeri Malang, IndonesiaFollow

Abstract

This article aims to answer the following research question: are jokes and puns translatable? Using a linguistic approach and collecting relevant data (i.e., jokes and puns in Indonesian and English), this article tries to investigate their translatability. A thorough linguistic analysis shows that there are two kinds of verbal humor: logic-twisting humor and ambiguity-manipulating humor

Recommended Citation

Kadarisman, A. E. (2026). Verbal Humor: a Salient Case in Translation and Translatability. Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora, 5(4).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17977/2442-3890.1186
Available at: https://citeus.um.ac.id/jph/vol5/iss4/2