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Cognitive linguistics and humor research /

To what extent can Cognitive Linguistics benefit from the systematic study of a creative phenomenon like humor? Although the authors in this volume approach this question from different perspectives, they share the profound belief that humorous data may provide a unique insight into the complex inte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brône, Geert, 1978- (Editor ), Feyaerts, Kurt, 1968- (Editor ), Veale, Tony, 1967- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]
Colección:Applications of cognitive linguistics ; volume 26.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of contents
  • 1. Humour as the killer-app of language
  • 2. Construction grammar and discoursal incongruity
  • 3. Embodied grammar and humor
  • 4. The humour of exceptional cases: Jokes as compressed thought experiments
  • 5. Humorous Metaphors
  • 6. A metaphorical perspective on humour
  • 7. Know hope: Metaphor, optimal innovation and pleasure
  • 8. Behavioral complexities in ironic humor
  • 9. Frame-shifting and frame semantics: Joke comprehension on the space structuring model
  • 10. Metaphor, humour and characterisation in the TV comedy programme Friends
  • 11. The Art of Teasing
  • Index.