The Linguistics of Humor: An Introduction

by Salvatore Attardo

This book is the first comprehensive and systematic introduction to the linguistics of humor. Salvatore Attardo takes a broad approach to the topic, exploring not only theoretical linguistic analyses, but also pragmatic and semantic aspects, conversation and discourse analysis, ethnomethodology, and interactionist and variationist sociolinguistics. The volume begins with chapters that introduce the terminology and conceptual and methodological apparatus,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198791275
• ISBN13: 9780198791270
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.6" x 9.5"