UID:
almafu_9959244560502883
Format:
1 online resource (xix, 426 pages)
Edition:
1994
ISBN:
1-282-71409-0
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9786612714092
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3-11-021902-6
Series Statement:
Humor research ; 1
Content:
So this English professor comes into class and starts talking about the textual organization of jokes, the taxonomy of puns, the relations between the linguistic form and the content of humorous texts, and other past and current topics in language- based research into humor. At the end he stuffs all the various approaches to verbal humor into linguistic theory as a whole. Nobody gets it, see, so he tells them to buy the book.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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1 Survey of the Literature --
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2 The Linear Organization of the Joke --
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3 The Analysis of Puns --
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4 Resolution in Puns --
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5 Semiotic and Text Theories --
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6 Script-based Theories --
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7 Register-based Humor --
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8 Non-joke Humor Texts --
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9 The Cooperative Nature of Humor --
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10 Humor in Context --
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11 Directions in Humor Research --
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Backmatter
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-014255-4
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
DOI:
10.1515/9783110219029
