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Prosody and humor /

This chapter investigates the role of prosody in conversational humor in the HBO series Sex and the City (SATC) in an exploratory study. Specifically, we examine how pitch and pauses are part of the prosodic bundle that can be used to mark an utterance as humoristic. We find that the use of prosodic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Attardo, Salvatore, 1962- (Editor), Wagner, Manuela (Educator) (Editor), Urios-Aparisi, Eduardo, 1964- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]
Series:Benjamins current topics ; v. 55.
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Online Access:Texto completo

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