Taiwanese and Polish humor : a socio-pragmatic analysis /
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2017.
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Table of Contents:
- Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter One; 1.1 The Problem; 1.2 Database and Research Procedure; 1.2.1 Background Information on the Data; 1.2.2 Taiwan's Multi-lingual Environment, Data Collection and Transcription; 1.3 Research Objectives; Chapter Two; 2.1 Humor, Its Uses in Society and Its Social Functions; 2.2 What Has Constructed Modern Taiwanese Humor?; 2.2.1 Chinese Humor, Its Types and Historical Development; 2.2.2 Hong Kongese Humor; 2.2.3 Japanese Humor and Its Adaptation in Contemporary Taiwan; 2.3 Humor in the Society of Poland
- 2.3.1 Development of Written Polish Humor2.3.2 Humor in Polish Political Discourse; 2.3.3 Humor in Polish Broadcast Media; 2.4 Methodological Approaches to Humor; 2.4.1 Conversation Analysis; 2.4.2 Multimodal Discourse Analysis; 2.4.3 Interactional Linguistics; 2.5 Conclusion; Chapter Three; 3.1 The Use of Quotations; 3.2 The Use of Rhetorical Questions; 3.3 The Use of Theatrical Performance; 3.4 The Use of Back-handed Remarks; 3.5 The Use of Fictional Episodes; 3.6 The Choice of Dramatic Expressions/Codes; 3.7 Conclusion; Chapter Four; 4.1 The Use of Quotations
- 4.2 The Use of Back-handed Remarks4.3 The Use of Fictional Episodes; 4.4 The Choice of Dramatic Expressions; 4.5 Highlighting Contradictions; 4.6 Conclusion; Chapter Five; 5.1 Personal Narratives; 5.2 Wordplay; 5.3 Sarcasm; 5.4 Innuendo; 5.5 Other-deprecating Humor; 5.6 Self-deprecating Humor; 5.7 Self-bragging Humor; 5.8 Wulitou 'Nonsense'; 5.9 Conclusion; Chapter Six; 6.1 Personal Narratives; 6.2 Wordplay; 6.3 Sarcasm; 6.4 Innuendo; 6.5 Other-deprecating Humor; 6.6 Self-deprecating Humor; 6.7 Self-bragging Humor; 6.8 Teasing; 6.9 Conclusion; Chapter Seven; 7.1 Humor Reflects Society
- 7.1.1 Politics and Humor7.1.2 Religion and Humor; 7.1.3 The LGBT Community and Humor; 7.1.4 Taiwanese Wulitou 'Nonsense' and Polish Directness; 7.2 Gender as a Constraint on Humor; 7.3 Humor or Vulgarity?; 7.4 Characteristics of Taiwanese and Polish Humor; 7.5 Conclusion; Chapter Eight; 8.1 Summary of Major Findings; 8.2 Contributions of the Present Study; 8.3 Future Research Directions; Appendix ; References; Index