Meaning and humour /

"How are humorous meanings generated and interpreted? Understanding a joke involves knowledge of the language code (a matter mostly of semantics) and background knowledge necessary for making the inferences to get the joke (a matter of pragmatics). This book introduces and critiques a wide rang...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goatly, Andrew, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Colección:Key topics in semantics and pragmatics.
Temas:
Discourse analysis.
Wit and humor > History and criticism.
Semantics (Philosophy)
Pragmatics.
Inference.
Sémantique (Philosophie)
Pragmatique.
Inférence (Logique)
pragmatics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Vocabulary.
REFERENCE > Word Lists.
Discourse analysis
Inference
Pragmatics
Wit and humor
Humor
Pragmatik
Semantik
Jokes.
Humor > Textbooks.
Semantics.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Meaning in the language system: aspects of form and meaning
  • 3. Semantics and conceptual meaning of grammar
  • 4. Semantics and the conceptual meaning of lexis
  • 5. Personal, social and affective meanings
  • 6. Textual meaning and genre
  • 7. Metaphor and figures of speech
  • 8. Pragmatics, reference and speech acts
  • 9. Pragmatics: co-operation and politeness
  • 10. Relevance theory, schemas and deductive inference
  • 11. Lexical priming: information, collocation, predictability and humour.

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