SEXUAL AMBIGUITIES IN VIETNAMESE FOLK JOKES

DOI: 10.18173/2354-1067.2024-0010

  • Đặng Quốc Minh Dương
Keywords: equivocation, folk jokes, telling, euphemisms, puns, ellipsis, sexuality.

Abstract

Hesitating is deliberate doublespeak. Infolk jokes about sexuality, folk ambiguity isexpressed through several cases such as throughtelling, euphemism, the art of wordplay, and theuse of ellipsis in text. On one hand, folk shows abreakthrough when they dare talk about suchstories, situations, or even genitals. On the otherhand, it also shows limbo, which means not beingable to escape the constraints of feudal rites. Thislimbo also shows the mark of the folk collectorsand editors

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Published
2025-01-22