Humorous Texts

A Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis

By:

Salvatore Attardo

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Hardback

Series:

Humor Research [Hr]

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This text presents a theory of long humorous texts based on a revision and an upgrade of the "General Theory of Verbal Humour" (GTVH), a decade after its first proposal. The theory is informed by current research in psycholinguistics and cognitive science. It is predicated on the fact that there are humorous mechanisms in long texts that have no counterpart in jokes. The book includes a number of case studies, among them Oscar Wilde's "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" and Allais's story "Han Rybeck". A discussion of the quantitative distribution of humour in select texts is presented.

Author Biography:

Salvatore Attardo is Professor at the English Department of Youngstown State University, USA.

Release date Australia

May 29th, 2001

Author

Salvatore Attardo

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

10 Tables, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

252

Series

Humor Research [Hr]

Dimensions

155x230x18

ISBN-13

9783110170689

Product ID

5854440

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