Meaning and Humour (Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics) - Tapa blanda

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Goatly, Andrew

 
9780521181068: Meaning and Humour (Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics)
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ISBN 10: 0521181062 ISBN 13: 9780521181068
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Sinopsis

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.

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

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Editorial
Cambridge University Press
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0521181062
ISBN 13 
9780521181068
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Número de páginas
380
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