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The Linguistics of Humor - An Introduction (Paperback)
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The Linguistics of Humor - An Introduction (Paperback)
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This book is the first comprehensive and systematic introduction to
the linguistics of humor. Salvatore Attardo takes a broad approach
to the topic, exploring not only theoretical linguistic analyses,
but also pragmatic and semantic aspects, conversation and discourse
analysis, ethnomethodology, and interactionist and variationist
sociolinguistics. The volume begins with chapters that introduce
the terminology and conceptual and methodological apparatus, as
well as outlining the major theories in the field and examining
incongruity and resolution and the semiotics of humor. The second
part of the book explores humor competence, with chapters that
cover semantic and pragmatic topics, the General Theory of Verbal
Humor, and puns and their interpretation. The third part provides
an in-depth discussion of the applied linguistics of humor, and
examines social context, discourse and conversation analysis, and
sociolinguistic aspects. In the final part of the book, the
discussion is extended beyond the central field of linguistics,
with chapters discussing humor in literature, in translation, and
in the classroom. The volume brings together the multiple strands
of current knowledge about humor and linguistics, both theoretical
and applied; it assumes no prior background in humor studies, and
will be a valuable resource for students from advanced
undergraduate level upwards, particularly those coming to
linguistics from related disciplines.
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