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Linguistic Theories of Humor (Humor Research, No. 1) [Hardcover]

Salvatore Attardo (Author)

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Hardcover: 426 pages
Publisher: Mouton De Gruyter (February 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3110142554
ISBN-13: 978-3110142556
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1 inches
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Before discussing humor indetail it will be helpful to address some preliminary issues, namely how to define humor and its subdivisions. Read the first page

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conversational jokes, syntagmatic reversal, semic nucleus, phonemic distance, register humor, script opposition, fact that puns, situational jokes, paradigmatic reversal, canned jokes, disjunction model, joke similarity, metalinguistic status, humor research, linguistic scripts, linguistic humor, humorous text, humor competence, joke text, register theory, referential humor, humorous discourse, incongruity theories, virtual sequence, mention hypothesis

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