Meaning and Humour
Series: Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics;
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 10 May 2012
- ISBN 9780521181068
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages380 pages
- Size 211x138x19 mm
- Weight 520 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 25 b/w illus. 40 tables 90 exercises 0
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Short description:
Introduces and critiques a wide range of semantic and pragmatic theories in relation to humour.
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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.
'Humour is not always easy to understand, semantics is hard to grasp. Adroitly enunciating, Andrew Goatly mixes and matches, with a careful touch, and both teaches and captivates his readers.' Richard J. Alexander, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction; 2. Meaning in the language system: aspects of form and meaning; 3. Semantics and conceptual meaning of grammar; 4. Semantics and the conceptual meaning of lexis; 5. Personal, social and affective meanings; 6. Textual meaning and genre; 7. Metaphor and figures of speech; 8. Pragmatics, reference and speech-acts; 9. Pragmatics: co-operation and politeness; 10. Relevance theory, schemas and deductive inference; 11. Lexical priming: information, collocation, predictability and humour.
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