Abstract
This issue is dedicated to a presentation of some trends of humor research, in France, during the 1990's.-Introduction: humor research east of the Atlantic (Salvatore Attardo and Jean-Charles Chabanne)-The stereotypes of "deep France" in the Almanach Vermot (Bernard Chanfrault )-Aspects of the unsaid in humor (Marlene Dolitsky)-Cognitive aspects of the humor process: the concept of incongruity (Giovannantonio Forabosco)-Humor: a didactic adjuvant (Yves Gentilhomme)-Argumentation and the comic in the works of some French linguists (Roselyne Koren)-Possible/impossible translation of jokes (Anne-Marie Laurian)-Bilingual Anglo-French humor: an analysis of the potential for humor based on the interlocking of the two languages (Christopher Leeds)-Structure of verbal jokes and comprehension in young children (Bernard Lefort )-Jokes as a text type (Salvatore Attardo and Jean-Charles Chabanne)