Humorous Discourse

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2017

Humorous Discourse

Edited by: Wladyslaw Chlopicki and Dorota Brzozowska

Volume 11 in the series Humor Research [HR]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501507106

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About this book

This book attempts to discuss selected but thorny issues of humor research that form the major stumbling blocks as well as challenges in humor studies at large and thus merit insightful discussion. Any discourse is action, so the text-creation process is always set in a non-verbal context, built of a social and communicative situation, and against the background of relevant culture. On the other hand, humor scholars claim that humorous discourse has its special, essential features that distinguish it from other discourses. The pragmatic solution to the issue of potential circularity of humor defined in terms of discourse and discourse in terms of humor seems only feasible, and thus there is a need to discuss the structure and mechanisms of humorous texts and humorous performances. The chapters in the present volume, contributed by leading scholars in the field of humor studies, address the issues from various theoretical perspectives, from contextual semantics through General Theory of Verbal Humor, cognitive linguistics, discourse studies, sociolinguistics, to Ontological Semantic Theory of Humor, providing an excellent overview of the field to novices and experts alike.

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Dorota Brzozowska, Opole University, Poland; Władysław Chłopicki, Jagiellonian University, Poland

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A foreword on humorous discourse Władysław Chłopicki and Dorota Brzozowska Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	1
I Approaches at the essence of humorous discourse
Humor theory: What is and what is not Victor Raskin Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	11
Metonymy in humour Władysław Chłopicki Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	23
Conceptual integration and humor Agnieszka Libura Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	53
The dynamics of humour Sachiko Kitazume Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	75
II Humor as a function of discourse
The GTVH and humorous discourse Salvatore Attardo Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	93
Metapragmatic markers of the bona fide and non-bona fide modes of communication Ksenia Shilikhina Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	107
Wordplay and football: Humour in the discourse of written sports reporting Jan Chovanec Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	131
Audience affiliation, membership categories, and the construction of humor in stand-up comedy Marina Santiago and Sarah Seewoester Cain Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	155
Humor research and humor reception: Far away, so close Villy Tsakona Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	179
III Computer modeling of humorous discourse
Ontological Semantic Theory of Humor in a context of humorous discourse Julia Taylor Rayz Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	205
Notes on the contributors Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	219
Index Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	221

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Researchers in Humor Studies, Cognitive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, and Cultural Studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 223
Keywords: Humor Studies; Cognitive Linguistics; Sociolinguistics

eBook

Published: October 23, 2017
ISBN: 9781501507106

Hardcover

Published: October 23, 2017
ISBN: 9781501515682