Understanding Language through Humor

by Stanley Dubinsky, Chris Holcomb, Holcomb

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521713889
• ISBN13: 9780521713887
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.6"