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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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
Walter de Gruyter,
2008.
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| Collection: | Humor research.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Frontmatter; Contents; List of tables and figures; Foreword; Chapter 1. The concept of humor: history, scope and issues; Chapter 2. Linguistic resources of humor; Chapter 3. Humor as a textual genre: from jokes to comic narratives; Chapter 4. Structural principles of narrative humor; Chapter 5. Pragmatics of the humorous narrative; Chapter 6. A model of humorous narratives; Chapter 7. Extending the analysis; Backmatter.