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This book is the first comprehensive and systematic introduction to the linguistics of humor, exploring not only theoretical linguistic analyses, but also topics from applied linguistics. It will be a valuable resource for students from advanced undergraduate level upwards, particularly those coming to linguistics from related disciplines.
Part I: Humor Studies -- Chapter 1: Humor studies: a few definitions -- Chapter 2: Methodological preliminaries -- Chapter 3: Theories of humor and their levels -- Chapter 4: Incongruity and resolution -- Chapter 5: Semiotics of humor -- Part II: Humor Competence -- Chapter 6: The semantics of humor -- Chapter 7: The General Theory of Verbal Humor -- Chapter 8: Pragmatics of humor -- Chapter 9: Verbal humor -- Part III: Humor Performance -- Chapter 10: The performance of humor -- Chapter 11: Conversation analysis: humor in conversation I -- Chapter 12: Discourse analysis: humor in conversation II -- Chapter 13: Sociolinguistics of humor -- Part IV: Applications -- Chapter 14: Humor in literature -- Chapter 15: Humor and translation -- Chapter 16: Humor in the classroom -- Chapter 17: Conclusion -- Glossary -- References -- Author index -- Subject index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Linguistics of Humor : An Introduction