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The linguistic analysis of jokes / Graeme Ritchie.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge studies in linguistics ; 2.Publisher: New York : Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004Description: 1 online resource (243 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781134390915
  • 1134390912
  • 1280074280
  • 9781280074288
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 809.7 22
LOC classification:
  • P302.5 .R58 2004
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Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Assumptions and methodology -- Linguistic preliminaries -- Incongruity and its resolution -- Two models of incongruity-resolution -- The General Theory of Verbal Humour -- Joke similarity and identity -- Manipulating interpretations -- The structure of puns -- Some computational studies -- Pragmatic and discourse issues -- Speculations on joke structure -- Future directions -- Formal definitions -- Examples -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Review: "The Linguistic Analysis of Jokes will be invaluable for researchers and advanced students of humour research, linguistics, and cognitive science."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Linguistic Analysis of Jokes will be invaluable for researchers and advanced students of humour research, linguistics, and cognitive science."--Jacket.

Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Assumptions and methodology -- Linguistic preliminaries -- Incongruity and its resolution -- Two models of incongruity-resolution -- The General Theory of Verbal Humour -- Joke similarity and identity -- Manipulating interpretations -- The structure of puns -- Some computational studies -- Pragmatic and discourse issues -- Speculations on joke structure -- Future directions -- Formal definitions -- Examples -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

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