Humour, an established means of releasing stress and tension has attracted scholarly attention over the years. In the Nigerian discourse context, studies on Crisis-Motivated Humour (CMH) via CMC platforms are scanty. This paper investigates humour shared through the social media which reflects the socioeconomic/political challenges in Nigeria in order to identify CMH as a form of humour through which real-life experiences of other people can be understood. Ethnography of Communication and Pragmatic act theory serve as the theoretical framework. Ten anonymous humorous compositions were randomly selected from WhatsApp and Facebook. CMH is a creative composition of jokes which reflects the Nigerians’ experiences, perceptions, imaginations and assumptions. They are purposefully composed by Nigerians, in order to downplay the effects of the crisis and bring temporary reliefs to the audience. These jokes elicit amusement, high-level wits and satirise the crisis situation(s). CMH are composed mainly in English with a blend of pidgin and a reflection of some Nigerianism. They are replete with verifiable, but exaggerated facts deployed through varying practs. Use of the first person singular pronoun ‘I’ and second person singular/plural ‘you’ with the use of simple present tense of verb among other grammatical elements, are a norm. All these make some of the jokes believable and also establish CMH as a unique genre of humour with an unlimited audience. CMH are often preserve-able and re-usable and thus serve as a relevant medium through which political leaders can assess the plights of the populace and access first-hand information on the ‘real’ impacts of the crisis.

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尼日利亚计算机中介平台中的危机动机幽默的语用学

多年来，幽默是一种释放压力和紧张的既定手段，引​​起了学术界的关注。在尼日利亚话语中，通过CMC平台进行的危机动机幽默（CMH）研究很少。本文调查了通过社交媒体共享的幽默，这些幽默反映了尼日利亚的社会经济/政治挑战，以便将CMH识别为一种幽默形式，通过它可以理解他人的真实生活经验。传播人种学和语用行为理论作为理论框架。从WhatsApp和Facebook中随机选择了十个匿名幽默作品。CMH是一个有趣的笑话创意作品，反映了尼日利亚人的经历，看法，想象力和假设。它们是由尼日利亚人故意组成的，为了淡化危机的影响并为观众带来暂时的缓解。这些笑话引起娱乐，高水平的机智并满足了危机情况。CMH主要由英语组成，融合了小金币和一些尼日利亚主义色彩。它们充满了通过各种实践部署的可验证但夸大的事实。在其他语法元素中，使用第一人称单数代词“ I”和第二人称单数/复数“ you”以及动词的简单现在时进行使用。所有这些使一些笑话令人信服，并将CMH确立为一种独特的幽默类型，拥有无限的听众。