The Linguistic Analysis of Jokes

by Graeme D. Ritchie

Book Overview

This book starts from three observations. First, the use of humour is a complex, puzzling, and idiosyncratically human form of behaviour (and hence is of scientific interest). Second, there is currently no theory of how humour works. Third, one useful step towards a theory of humour is to analyze humorous items in precise detail, in order to understand their mechanisms.
The author begins by considering how to study jokes rigorously: the assumptions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415309832
• ISBN13: 9780415309837
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"