
Explorations in Humor Studies
Humor Research Project
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published on 27. November 2019
Book
Hardback
201 pages
978-1-5275-4208-2 (ISBN)
Description
Working towards a multifaceted debate on humor and related phenomena, this book is a comprehensive reflection of the contributors' shared interest in various dimensions of humor and its manifold applications. It is composed of a selection of writings that provide important insights into language used for humorous purposes. Theoretical discussions are complemented by an assortment of case studies in linguistics, culture, literature, and translation, as well as in visual and media studies.
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Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5275-4208-2 (9781527542082)
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Persons
Marcin Kuczok, PhD, works in the Department of Contrastive Studies of the Institute of English at the University of Silesia, Poland. His research interests include English-Polish contrastive linguistics and cognitive semantics, with particular emphasis on conceptual metaphor and metonymy theory, conceptual integration theory, and the theory of the linguistic picture of the world. He has also devoted a lot of work to axiolinguistics, the language of values, religious discourse, and to the writings of John Henry Newman.Anna Stwora, MA, is a PhD candidate in the Department of Specialized Languages of the Institute of English at the University of Silesia, Poland. Her research interests oscillate around the multimodal discourse of advertising, especially in its metaphorical and humorous dimensions. Her work also looks at specialized registers viewed from the psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic standpoint, cognitivism, communication studies, and contrastive linguistics. Mariola Swierkot, MA, is a PhD candidate in the Department of American and Canadian Studies of the Institute of English Cultures and Literatures at the University of Silesia, Poland. Her academic interests include American history, literature, and culture, especially that of the 20th and 21st centuries, and oscillate around non-fiction, theory of culture, and identity discourses.