The Language of Jokes

Analyzing Verbal Play

Autor*innen

• Delia Chiaro

Parameter

• 140 Seiten
• 5 Lesestunden

• Kunst & Kultur
• Lehrbücher
• Sprachbücher & -lexika
• Über Literatur

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Focusing on the pragmatics of word play, this book delves into the structures of jokes, quips, riddles, and asides. It investigates how these forms of humor can be both universal and culturally specific, employing frameworks typically used in descriptive linguistics to analyze their intricacies and implications.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Einband: Hardcover