EFL proficiency and self-reported creativity in the production of comedy screenplays

Abstract

Humor, among other variables such as creative writing and the talent for film and cinema are considered part of the individual’s creativity, among many other features (Carson et al., 2005). On the other hand, humor develops with human language development (see GRIALE’s work), and so does its complexity and variety of devices in one’s discourse. This also means that one’s display of humorous devices might also depend on one’s foreign language proficiency level (Chen & Dewaele, 2018).