Umfang:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (380 p.))
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780511791536
Serie:
Key topics in semantics and pragmatics
Inhalt:
How are humorous meanings generated and interpreted? Understanding a joke involves knowledge of the language code (a matter mostly of semantics) and background knowledge necessary for making the inferences to get the joke (a matter of pragmatics). This book introduces and critiques a wide range of semantic and pragmatic theories in relation to humour, such as systemic functional linguistics, speech acts, politeness and relevance theory, emphasising not only conceptual but also interpersonal and textual meanings. Exploiting recent corpus-based research, it suggests that much humour can be accounted for by the overriding of lexical priming. Each chapter's discussion topics and suggestions for further reading encourage a critical approach to semantic and pragmatic theory. Written by an experienced lecturer on the linguistics of the English language, this is an entertaining and user-friendly textbook for advanced students of semantics, pragmatics and humour studies
Inhalt:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Meaning in the language system: aspects of form and meaning; 3. Semantics and conceptual meaning of grammar; 4. Semantics and the conceptual meaning of lexis; 5. Personal, social and affective meanings; 6. Textual meaning and genre; 7. Metaphor and figures of speech; 8. Pragmatics, reference and speech-acts; 9. Pragmatics: co-operation and politeness; 10. Relevance theory, schemas and deductive inference; 11. Lexical priming: information, collocation, predictability and humour
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107004634
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ISBN 9780521181068
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Goatly, Andrew, 1950 - Meaning and humour Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2012 ISBN 0521181062
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ISBN 1107004632
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ISBN 9780521181068
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107004634
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107004634
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Komparatistik. Außereuropäische Sprachen/Literaturen
Schlagwort(e):
Humor
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Semantik
;
Pragmatik
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511791536
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