The linguistics of humor : an introduction / Salvatore Attardo.
This book is the first comprehensive and systematic introduction to the linguistics of humor, exploring not only theoretical linguistic analyses, but also topics from applied linguistics. It will be a valuable resource for students from advanced undergraduate level upwards, particularly those coming...
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Oxford University Press,
2020.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Humor Studies
- Chapter 1: Humor studies: a few definitions
- Chapter 2: Methodological preliminaries
- Chapter 3: Theories of humor and their levels
- Chapter 4: Incongruity and resolution
- Chapter 5: Semiotics of humor
- Part II: Humor Competence
- Chapter 6: The semantics of humor
- Chapter 7: The General Theory of Verbal Humor
- Chapter 8: Pragmatics of humor
- Chapter 9: Verbal humor
- Part III: Humor Performance
- Chapter 10: The performance of humor
- Chapter 11: Conversation analysis: humorin conversation I
- Chapter 12: Discourse analysis: humorin conversation II
- Chapter 13: Sociolinguistics of humor
- Part IV: Applications
- Chapter 14: Humor in literature
- Chapter 15: Humor and translation
- Chapter 16: Humor in the classroom
- Chapter 17: Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Author index
- Subject index.