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  1. The linguistic analysis of jokes
    Published: 2004
    Publisher:  Routledge, London [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0415309832; 9780203406953; 9780415309837
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    RVK Categories: ET 785 ; HF 342
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Series: Routledge studies in linguistics ; 2
    Subjects: Discourse analysis; Grappen; Discourse analysis, Literary; Wit and humor; Sprachanalyse; Witz; Englisch
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (243 S.)
  2. Analysis of Jokes
    Published: 2003
    Publisher:  Taylor and Francis, Hoboken

    This book starts from three observations. First, the use of humour is a complex, puzzling, and idiosyncratically human form of behaviour (and hence is of scientific interest). Second, there is currently no theory of how humour works. Third, one... more

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    This book starts from three observations. First, the use of humour is a complex, puzzling, and idiosyncratically human form of behaviour (and hence is of scientific interest). Second, there is currently no theory of how humour works. Third, one useful step towards a theory of humour is to analyze humorous items in precise detail, in order to understand their mechanisms.The author begins by considering how to study jokes rigorously: the assumptions to make, the guidelines to follow and the pitfalls to avoid. A critique of other work on humour is also provided. This introduces some important con

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780415309837
    Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics
    Scope: Online-Ressource (254 p)
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    Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Assumptions and methodology; Linguistic preliminaries; Incongruity and its resolution; Two models of incongruity-resolution; The General Theory of Verbal Humour; Joke similarity and identity; Manipulating interpretations; The structure of puns; Some computational studies; Pragmatic and discourse issues; Speculations on joke structure; Future directions; Formal definitions; Examples; Glossary; References; Index

  3. The linguistic analysis of jokes
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Routledge, London [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig
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    Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Universitätsbibliothek
    2014.05864:1
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781138008731; 9780415309837
    RVK Categories: HF 342
    Edition: 1. issued in paperback
    Series: Routledge studies in linguistics ; 2
    Subjects: Discourse analysis, Literary; Wit and humor
    Scope: 243 S., 24 cm
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    Literaturverz. S. [213] - 233