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The Language of Jokes - Analyzing Verbal Play (Paperback, New): Delia Chiaro

The Language of Jokes - Analyzing Verbal Play (Paperback, New)

Delia Chiaro

Series: Interface

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In this highly readable and thought-provoking book, Delia Chiaro explores the pragmatics of word play, using frameworks normally adopted in descriptive linguistics. Using examples from personally recorded conversations, she examines the structure of jokes, quips, riddles and asides. Chiaro explores degrees of conformity to and deviation from established conventions; the tellability' of jokes, and the interpretative role of the listener; the creative use of puns, word play and discourse. The emphasis in her analysis is on sociocultural contexts for the production and reception of jokes, and she examines the extent to which jokes are both universal in their appeal, and specific to a particular culture.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Interface
Release date: May 1992
First published: 1992
Authors: Delia Chiaro
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 140
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-03090-8
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Phonetics, phonology, prosody (speech)
Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > Dialectology
Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > Slang & jargon
Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
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LSN: 0-415-03090-0
Barcode: 9780415030908

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