
The Primer of Humor Research
Victor Raskin(Editor)
De Gruyter Mouton (Publisher)
Published on 6. November 2008
Book
Mixed media product
VI, 673 pages
978-3-11-173649-5 (ISBN)
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Description
The book provides a definitive view of the field of humor research for both beginning and established scholars in a variety of fields who are developing an interest in humor and need to familiarize themselves with the available body of knowledge. Each chapter of the book is devoted to an important aspect of humor research or to a disciplinary approach to the field, and each is written by the leading expert or emerging scholar in that area.
Reviews / Votes
"To sum up, the volume covers a wide range of topics that arise when one wants to research verbal humor. It is an excellent collection of state of the art papers that introduce empirical and theoretical perspectives of humor research to the reader."Ksenia Shilikhina in: Linguist List 21.445More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
Includes a print version and an ebook
ISBN-13
978-3-11-173649-5 (9783111736495)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Victor Raskin, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.