Granice dowcipu – komunikacja, kontekst, interpretacja

The purpose of the text was to determine, inter alia, what tools does communication grammar give in the process of interpreting a text. A dialogue between K. Wojewódzki and M. Figurski from their show „Poranny WF”, aired on Radio Eska Rock on June 12, 2012 was analyzed. The following research activities were carried out sequentially: 1. Defining the propositional content against the background of the language situation and its pragmatic considerations. 2. Characterizing the interactive system and investigating of conversational strategies. 3. Recognizing the intention of the broadcasters of conversational sequence and confronting with the theory of linguistic joke. 4. The relationship between the intention of the senders and the effects of their statement. It was concluded that the dominant strategy of the examined verbal operations was the axiological and emotive strategy. Intentions of the broadcasters were not read in accordance with their assumptions. In the context of linguistic joke, the indicated dialogue proved to be a misguided behavior and the ways of reception gave rise to qualifying it (in the context of linguistic etiquette and ethics) as rude and violating the principle of respect for the dignity of the partner of language contact.