UID:
almahu_9949065441902882
Format:
1 online resource (XVI, 229 p.)
ISBN:
9781501511929
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9783110696271
Series Statement:
Language Play and Creativity ; 4
Content:
Humor may surface in numerous and diverse contexts, which at the same time determine how humor works, its form, and its functions and consequences for interlocutors. Adopting a sociolinguistic and discourse analytic perspective, this study is aligned with approaches to humor exploring the variety of humorous genres, the wide range of sociopragmatic functions of humor, and the more or less dissimilar perceptions speakers may have concerning what humor is, what it means, and how it works. The chapters of this book propose a new theoretical approach to the analysis of humor by bringing context into focus. Furthermore, the study explores how we can teach about humor within a critical literacy framework creating classroom space for everyday humorous texts that are part of students’ social realities, and simultaneously taking into account that humor may yield multiple, disparaging, and often conflicting interpretations. This book is intended to appeal to humor researchers from various disciplines (such as linguistics, media studies, cultural studies, literary studies, sociology, anthropology, folklore) as well as to professionals or researchers in education.
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Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgments --
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Contents --
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List of Tables --
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List of Figures --
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Transcription conventions for the Greek oral data and its translation --
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Introduction --
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1. Context in humor research --
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2. Humor and metapragmatics --
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3. Genres with/and humor --
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4. Towards a “contextualized” theory of humor --
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5. Teaching about humor within a critical literacy framework --
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6. Conclusions --
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References --
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Subject Index --
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Author Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501511523
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501517488
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781501511929
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501511929
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501511929
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501511929