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The Language of Comic Narratives : Humor Construction in Short Stories.

The book offers a comprehensive account of how humor works in short stories, by presenting a model of narrative comedy that is pragmatically as well as semantically, grammatically and stylistically informed. It is the first study to combine a sequential analysis of the comic short story with a hiera...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ermida, Isabel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2008.
Colección:Humor research.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The book offers a comprehensive account of how humor works in short stories, by presenting a model of narrative comedy that is pragmatically as well as semantically, grammatically and stylistically informed. It is the first study to combine a sequential analysis of the comic short story with a hierarchical one, merging together horizontal and vertical narratological perspectives in a systematic way. The book covers the main areas of linguistic analysis and is deliberately interdisciplinary, using input from philosophy, sociology and psychology so as to touch upon the nature, motivations and fu.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (274 pages)
ISBN:9783110208337
3110208334