UID:
almafu_9959231079102883
Umfang:
1 online resource (254 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
3-11-034634-6
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3-11-039503-7
Serie:
Applications of Cognitive Linguistics ; Volume 26
Inhalt:
To what extent can Cognitive Linguistics benefit from the systematic study of a creative phenomenon like humor? Although the authors in this volume approach this question from different perspectives, they share the profound belief that humorous data may provide a unique insight into the complex interplay of quantitative and qualitative aspects of meaning construction.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front matter --
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Table of contents --
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1. Humour as the killer-app of language A view from Cognitive Linguistics --
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2. Construction grammar and discoursal incongruity --
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3. Embodied grammar and humor --
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4. The humour of exceptional cases: Jokes as compressed thought experiments --
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5. Humorous Metaphors --
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6. A metaphorical perspective on humour --
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7. Know hope: Metaphor, optimal innovation and pleasure --
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8. Behavioral complexities in ironic humor --
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9. Frame-shifting and frame semantics: Joke comprehension on the space structuring model --
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10. Metaphor, humour and characterisation in the TV comedy programme Friends --
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11. The Art of Teasing A corpus study of teasing sequences in American sitcoms between 1990 and 1999 --
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Index
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Issued also in print.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 3-11-055397-X
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 3-11-034615-X
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1515/9783110346343
