Linguistic Theories of HumorSo this English professor comes into class and starts talking about the textual organization of jokes, the taxonomy of puns, the relations between the linguistic form and the content of humorous texts, and other past and current topics in language-based research into humor. At the end he stuffs all |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 Survey of the Literature | 14 |
2 The Linear Organization of the Joke | 60 |
3 The Analysis of Puns | 108 |
4 Resolution in Puns | 143 |
5 Semiotic and Text Theories | 174 |
6 Scriptbased Theories | 195 |
7 Registerbased Humor | 230 |
8 Nonjoke Humor Texts | 254 |
9 The Cooperative Nature of Humor | 271 |
10 Humor in Context | 293 |
11 Directions in Humor Research | 332 |
Backmatter | 335 |
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ambiguity analysis analyzed Aristotle aspect associations Attardo and Raskin Aubouin bisociation chapter Cicero claim classemes comedy communication connector connotation Consider context conversation analysis conversational jokes defined definitions of isotopy detail disambiguation discussion disjunction disjunctor distinction element essentialist example fact folk etymology Fónagy Freud function funny graphemic Greimas Grice's GTVH Guiraud he/she hearer his/her homophony humor research humorous text Ibid incongruity interesting introduced involved isotopy issue language laughter lexeme lexical linguistic literary Madius Manetti maxims meaning mention theory metaphor Morin's morphemes narrative narrator noted notion paradigmatic paronyms phenomena phonemes phonological polythetic position possible present problems punch line puns Quintilian references referential register humor relevant rhyme Sacks script opposition script theory semantic sememe semes semiotic sense sentence Sherzer similar situation social sound sound symbolism speaker SSTH story syntagmatic taxonomy theories of humor tion types utterance violation words Zwicky