The Languages Of Humor
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Author |
: Stanley Dubinsky |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 213 |
Release |
: 2011-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781139496940 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1139496948 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Understanding Language through Humor by : Stanley Dubinsky
Students often struggle to understand linguistic concepts through examples of language data provided in class or in texts. Presented with ambiguous information, students frequently respond that they do not 'get it'. The solution is to find an example of humour that relies on the targeted ambiguity. Once they laugh at the joke, they have tacitly understood the concept, and then it is only a matter of explaining why they found it funny. Utilizing cartoons and jokes illustrating linguistic concepts, this book makes it easy to understand these concepts, while keeping the reader's attention and interest. Organized like a course textbook in linguistics, it covers all the major topics in a typical linguistics survey course, including communication systems, phonetics and phonology, morphemes, words, phrases, sentences, language use, discourses, child language acquisition and language variation, while avoiding technical terminology.
Author |
: Arie Sover |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 337 |
Release |
: 2018-09-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781350062313 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1350062316 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Languages of Humor by : Arie Sover
Why are things funny? How has humor changed over the centuries? How can humor be a political force? Featuring expert authors from across the globe, The Languages of Humor discusses three main types of humour: verbal, visual, and physical. Despite the differences between them, all have a common purpose, showing us in different ways the reality that we live in, and how we can reflect on that reality. To this end, the book shows how humor has been used to address such topics as the Holocaust and the Soviet Union, and why it has been controversial in cases including Charlie Hebdo. The Languages of Humor explores a subject that is of interest in a wide range of intellectual disciplines including sociology, psychology, communication, philosophy, history, social sciences, linguistics, computer science, literature, theatre, education, and cultural studies. This volume features contributions from world-leading academics, some of who have professional backgrounds in this field. This unique research-led book, which includes over 20 illustrations, offers a top-down analysis of humor studies.
Author |
: Don L. F. Nilsen |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 402 |
Release |
: 2018-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1108403964 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781108403962 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Language of Humor by : Don L. F. Nilsen
Much of today's communication is carried out through various kinds of humor, and we therefore need to be able to understand its many aspects. Here, two of the world's leading pioneers in humor studies, Alleen and Don Nilsen, explore how humor can be explained across the numerous sub-disciplines of linguistics. Drawing on examples from language play and jokes in a range of real-life contexts, such as art, business, marketing, comedy, creative writing, science, journalism and politics, the authors use their own theory of 'Features, functions and subjects of Humor' to analyze humor across all disciplines. Each highly accessible chapter uses a rich array of examples to stimulate discussion and interaction even in large classes. Supplemental PowerPoints to accompany each of the 25 chapters are available online, taking many of the insights from the chapters for further interactional discussions with students.
Author |
: Arie Sover |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1350062324 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781350062320 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Languages of Humor by : Arie Sover
Why are things funny? How has humor changed over the centuries? Why don't political leaders like to be presented in caricatures? What do jokes tell us about ourselves? Why does slipping on a banana peel make so many people laugh? Featuring expert authors from across the globe, The Languages of Humor discusses various types of humor: verbal, visual and physical. The Languages of Humor explores many types of humor, and does so across a wide range of intellectual disciplines including sociology, psychology, communication, philosophy, history, social sciences, linguistics, computer science, literature, theatre, education and culture studies. Some of the contributors to this volume, as well as being academics, also have a professional background in humor which makes the book unique. This is research-led book offers a top-down analysis of humor studies.
Author |
: Salvatore Attardo |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 556 |
Release |
: 2017-02-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317551164 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317551168 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Language and Humor by : Salvatore Attardo
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Humor presents the first ever comprehensive, in-depth treatment of all the sub-fields of the linguistics of humor, broadly conceived as the intersection of the study of language and humor. The reader will find a thorough historical, terminological, and theoretical introduction to the field, as well as detailed treatments of the various approaches to language and humor. Deliberately comprehensive and wide-ranging, the handbook includes chapter-long treatments on the traditional topics covered by language and humor (e.g., teasing, laughter, irony, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, the major linguistic theories of humor, translation) but also cutting-edge treatments of internet humor, cognitive linguistics, relevance theoretic, and corpus-assisted models of language and humor. Some chapters, such as the variationist sociolinguistcs, stylistics, and politeness are the first-ever syntheses of that particular subfield. Clusters of related chapters, such as conversation analysis, discourse analysis and corpus-assisted analysis allow multiple perspectives on complex trans-disciplinary phenomena. This handbook is an indispensable reference work for all researchers interested in the interplay of language and humor, within linguistics, broadly conceived, but also in neighboring disciplines such as literary studies, psychology, sociology, anthropology, etc. The authors are among the most distinguished scholars in their fields.
Author |
: Delia Chiaro |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 245 |
Release |
: 2017-11-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351379953 |
ISBN-13 |
: 135137995X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age by : Delia Chiaro
In this accessible book, Delia Chiaro provides a fresh overview of the language of jokes in a globalized and digitalized world. The book shows how, while on the one hand the lingua-cultural nuts and bolts of jokes have remained unchanged over time, on the other, the time-space compression brought about by modern technology has generated new settings and new ways of joking and playing with language. The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age covers a wide range of settings from social networks, e-mails and memes, to more traditional fields of film and TV (especially sitcoms and game shows) and advertising. Chiaro’s consideration of the increasingly virtual context of jokes delights with both up-to-date examples and frequent reference to the most central theories of comedy. This lively book will be essential reading for any student or researcher working in the area of language and humour and will be of interest to those in language and media and sociolinguistics.
Author |
: Alison Ross |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 122 |
Release |
: 2005-08-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134701728 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134701721 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Language of Humour by : Alison Ross
This work examines the importance of the social context for humour and explores the issue of gender and humour in areas such as the New Lad culture in comedy. The book also includes comic transcripts from TV sketches such as Clive Anderson.
Author |
: Arie Sover |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2018-09-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781350062306 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1350062308 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Languages of Humor by : Arie Sover
Why are things funny? How has humor changed over the centuries? How can humor be a political force? Featuring expert authors from across the globe, The Languages of Humor discusses three main types of humour: verbal, visual, and physical. Despite the differences between them, all have a common purpose, showing us in different ways the reality that we live in, and how we can reflect on that reality. To this end, the book shows how humor has been used to address such topics as the Holocaust and the Soviet Union, and why it has been controversial in cases including Charlie Hebdo. The Languages of Humor explores a subject that is of interest in a wide range of intellectual disciplines including sociology, psychology, communication, philosophy, history, social sciences, linguistics, computer science, literature, theatre, education, and cultural studies. This volume features contributions from world-leading academics, some of who have professional backgrounds in this field. This unique research-led book, which includes over 20 illustrations, offers a top-down analysis of humor studies.
Author |
: Alleen Pace Nilsen |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 403 |
Release |
: 2018-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108416542 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108416543 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Language of Humor by : Alleen Pace Nilsen
Explores how humor can be explained across the various sub-disciplines of linguistics, in order to aid communication.
Author |
: Salvatore Attardo |
Publisher |
: SAGE Publications |
Total Pages |
: 985 |
Release |
: 2014-02-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781483364704 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1483364704 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Encyclopedia of Humor Studies by : Salvatore Attardo
The Encyclopedia of Humor: A Social History explores the concept of humor in history and modern society in the United States and internationally. This work’s scope encompasses the humor of children, adults, and even nonhuman primates throughout the ages, from crude jokes and simple slapstick to sophisticated word play and ironic parody and satire. As an academic social history, it includes the perspectives of a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, child development, social psychology, life style history, communication, and entertainment media. Readers will develop an understanding of the importance of humor as it has developed globally throughout history and appreciate its effects on child and adult development, especially in the areas of health, creativity, social development, and imagination. This two-volume set is available in both print and electronic formats. Features & Benefits: The General Editor also serves as Editor-in-Chief of HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research for The International Society for Humor Studies. The book’s 335 articles are organized in A-to-Z fashion in two volumes (approximately 1,000 pages). This work is enhanced by an introduction by the General Editor, a Foreword, a list of the articles and contributors, and a Reader’s Guide that groups related entries thematically. A Chronology of Humor, a Resource Guide, and a detailed Index are included. Each entry concludes with References/Further Readings and cross references to related entries. The Index, Reader’s Guide themes, and cross references between and among related entries combine to provide robust search-and-browse features in the electronic version. This two-volume, A-to-Z set provides a general, non-technical resource for students and researchers in such diverse fields as communication and media studies, sociology and anthropology, social and cognitive psychology, history, literature and linguistics, and popular culture and folklore.