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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777469803321

Autore

Ritchie Graeme D.

Titolo

The linguistic analysis of jokes / / Graeme Ritchie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-39092-0

1-134-39091-2

0-415-30983-2

0-203-40695-8

1-280-07428-0

Descrizione fisica

243 p

Collana

Routledge studies in linguistics ; ; 2

Classificazione

17.63

Disciplina

809.7

Soggetti

Discourse analysis, Literary

Wit and humor - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Assumptions and methodology -- chapter 3 Linguistic preliminaries -- chapter 4 Incongruity and its resolution -- chapter 5 Two models of incongruity-resolution -- chapter 6 The General Theory of Verbal Humour -- chapter 7 Joke similarity and identity -- chapter 8 Manipulating interpretations -- chapter 9 The structure of puns -- chapter 10 Some computational studies -- chapter 11 Pragmatic and discourse issues -- chapter 12 Speculations on joke structure -- chapter 13 Future directions.