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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
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The essence of...
1. Does the sentence highlighted in red mean:
a. there is another theory of humour that is known as arousal–safety theory...
or
b. what Robert Provine says is the essence of the arousal–safety theory of humour...
2. What "is still amusing"? I can not understand what it is referring to. IS it referring to "the essence of"?
Context:
In keeping with Freud, Morreall proposes the following definition: ‘Laughter results from a pleasant psychological shift." Laughter may be defined as a neurological response, as Robert Provine, a pioneer in studying laughter as a neurological phenomenon, suggests. The essence of the arousal–safety theory of humour, which explains that it is all right to be surprised, but the surprise needs to be non-threatening, and at the same time, is still amusing. This book contains images that I consider may be surprising and nonthreatening. Therefore, there is a high probability that the images in this book may cause you to smile and laugh, and with some degree of pleasure.
a. there is another theory of humour that is known as arousal–safety theory...
or
b. what Robert Provine says is the essence of the arousal–safety theory of humour...
2. What "is still amusing"? I can not understand what it is referring to. IS it referring to "the essence of"?
Context:
In keeping with Freud, Morreall proposes the following definition: ‘Laughter results from a pleasant psychological shift." Laughter may be defined as a neurological response, as Robert Provine, a pioneer in studying laughter as a neurological phenomenon, suggests. The essence of the arousal–safety theory of humour, which explains that it is all right to be surprised, but the surprise needs to be non-threatening, and at the same time, is still amusing. This book contains images that I consider may be surprising and nonthreatening. Therefore, there is a high probability that the images in this book may cause you to smile and laugh, and with some degree of pleasure.
Top answer
Something seems to have gone wrong with that sentence. I don't think it is properly coherent.
- Something seems to have gone wrong with that sentence.
- I don't think it is properly coherent.
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Something seems to have gone wrong with that sentence. I don't think it is properly coherent.
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