02560nam 2200589 450 991045256240332120200903223051.090-272-7110-0(CKB)2550000001120762(EBL)1420598(SSID)ssj0001000037(PQKBManifestationID)11634988(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001000037(PQKBWorkID)10942725(PQKB)11617612(MiAaPQ)EBC1420598(Au-PeEL)EBL1420598(CaPaEBR)ebr10769386(CaONFJC)MIL523961(OCoLC)859389090(EXLCZ)99255000000112076220130830d2013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDevelopments in linguistic humour theory /edited by Marta Dynel, University of LodzAmsterdam ;Philadelphia :John Benjamins Publishing Company,2013.1 online resource (439 p.)Topics in humor research,2212-8999 ;volume 1Description based upon print version of record.90-272-0228-1 1-299-92710-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. New humour frameworks and extensions -- pt. 2. New theoretical issues in humour studies -- pt. 3. New theoretical approaches to established forms of humour.This article draws on theories from cognitive stylistics and psychology in order to examine how the construction of narrative worlds contributes to the creation of humour in humorous novels. I suggest that some narrative worlds - referred to as humorous worlds - are designed to enhance the humour of particular elements which appear in them by encouraging a playful interpretation of those elements. In this paper, I outline some of the techniques which writers use to create such humorous worlds, focusing on (a) the elements which are used to build them, (b) the ways in which those elements are cTopics in Humor ResearchDiscourse analysisWit and humorHistory and criticismElectronic books.Discourse analysis.Wit and humorHistory and criticism.401/.4Dynel Marta890332MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452562403321Developments in linguistic humour theory1988922UNINA