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The importance of not being earnest : the feeling behind laughter and humor /

"The thesis of this book is that neither laughter nor humor can be understood apart from the feeling that underlies them.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chafe, Wallace L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007.
Colección:Consciousness & emotion book series ; v. 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Importance of Not Being Earnest; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface; Symbols used in transcribing laughter; Introduction; part oneHow we laugh; The essential ingredients of laughter; Varieties of laughter; Laughing while speaking; Beyond the vocal tract; part twoWhy we laugh; The feeling of nonseriousness; Nonseriousness without humor; Unplanned humor; Planned humor in oral traditions; Planned humor in writing; Humor in other cultures; part threePulling things together; Recapitulation; Reconciliation with other studies; Coda; References; Index.