Meaning and Humour

By:

Andrew Goatly

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics

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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 range of semantic and pragmatic theories in relation to humour, such as systemic functional linguistics, speech acts, politeness and relevance theory, emphasising not only conceptual but also interpersonal and textual meanings. Exploiting recent corpus-based research, it suggests that much humour can be accounted for by the overriding of lexical priming. Each chapter's discussion topics and suggestions for further reading encourage a critical approach to semantic and pragmatic theory. Written by an experienced lecturer on the linguistics of the English language, this is an entertaining and user-friendly textbook for advanced students of semantics, pragmatics and humour studies.

Author Biography:

Andrew Goatly is a professor in the Department of English at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

Release date Australia

May 10th, 2012

Author

Andrew Goatly

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises; 40 Tables, black and white; 2 Halftones, unspecified; 23 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

380

Series

Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics

Dimensions

138x211x19

ISBN-13

9780521181068

Product ID

18398048

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