The Language of Jokes
Analyzing Verbal Play
1st Edition
Published on 5. December 2006
140 pages
978-1-134-97010-0 (ISBN)
Description
In this highly readable and thought-provoking book, Delia Chiaro explores the pragmatics of word play, using frameworks normally adopted in descriptive linguistics. Using examples from personally recorded conversations, she examines the structure of jokes, quips, riddles and asides. Chiaro explores degrees of conformity to and deviation from established conventions; the `tellability' of jokes, and the interpretative role of the listener; the creative use of puns, word play and discourse. The emphasis in her analysis is on sociocultural contexts for the production and reception of jokes, and she examines the extent to which jokes are both universal in their appeal, and specific to a particular culture.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
12,48 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-97010-0 (9781134970100)
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05/1992
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Person
Delia Chiaro
Content
Chapter 1 About word play; Chapter 2 Inside word play; Chapter 3 Framing word play; Chapter 4 Translating word play; Chapter 5 Word play in action;
