The Language Of Jokes

Author : Delia Chiaro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134970094

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The Language of Jokes by Delia Chiaro Pdf

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.

Author : Delia Chiaro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351379953

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The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age by Delia Chiaro Pdf

In this accessible book, Delia Chiaro provides a fresh overview of the language of jokes in a globalized and digitalized world. The book shows how, while on the one hand the lingua-cultural nuts and bolts of jokes have remained unchanged over time, on the other, the time-space compression brought about by modern technology has generated new settings and new ways of joking and playing with language. The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age covers a wide range of settings from social networks, e-mails and memes, to more traditional fields of film and TV (especially sitcoms and game shows) and advertising. Chiaro’s consideration of the increasingly virtual context of jokes delights with both up-to-date examples and frequent reference to the most central theories of comedy. This lively book will be essential reading for any student or researcher working in the area of language and humour and will be of interest to those in language and media and sociolinguistics.

Author : Delia CHIARO
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:655449790

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The Language of Jokes by Delia CHIARO Pdf

Author : Debra Aarons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136709319

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Jokes and the Linguistic Mind by Debra Aarons Pdf

Through the lens of cognitive science, Jokes and the Linguistic Mind investigates jokes that play on some aspect of the structure and function of language. In so doing, Debra Aarons shows that these 'linguistic jokes' can evoke our tacit knowledge of the language we use. Analyzing hilarious examples from movies, plays and books, Jokes and the Linguistic Mind demonstrates that tacit linguistic knowledge must become conscious for linguistic jokes to be understood. The book examines jokes that exploit pragmatic, semantic, morphological, phonological and semantic features of language, as well as jokes that use more than one language and jokes that are about language itself. Additionally, the text explores the relationship between cryptic crossword clues and linguistic jokes in order to demonstrate the difference between tacit knowledge of language and rules of language use that are articulated for a particular purpose. With its use of jokes as data and its highly accessible explanations of complex linguistic concepts, this book is an engaging supplementary text for introductory courses in linguistics, psycholinguistics and cognitive science. It will also be of interest to scholars in translation studies, applied linguistics and philosophy of language.

Author : Graeme Ritchie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134390922

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The Linguistic Analysis of Jokes by Graeme Ritchie Pdf

Graeme Ritchie advocates a cognitive science approach to humour research, aiming for higher levels of detail and formality than has been customary in humour research, and argues the case for analyzing jokes and humour.

Author : Scott McNeely
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-13
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781452113159

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Ultimate Book of Jokes by Scott McNeely Pdf

Whether you re making a toast at a wedding, trying to break the ice at a party, or just want to make your boss giggle, the Ultimate Book of Jokes is the first and last resource you'll ever need. From road-crossing chickens and classic knock knock jokes to the naughty, nice, and totally soused, no subject goes unmocked in this collection of over 1,500 jokes, packaged in a deluxe embossed board cover with 2-color line art throughout. Scott McNeeley, author of Ultimate Book of Card Games, mined decades worth of jokes to find chuckle-inducing punch lines for joke lovers of all stripes from yo mamma aficionados to naughty limerick connoisseurs.

Author : Walter Nash
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317887843

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The Language of Humour by Walter Nash Pdf

The broad aim of this lively and engaging book is to examine relationships between the linguistic patterns, the stylistic functions, and the social and cultural contexts of humour. The material used in illustration is of corresponding breadth: schoolyard jokes, graffiti, aphorisms, advertisements, arguments, anecdotes, puns, parodies, passages of comic fiction, all come under Dr Nash's scrutiny.

Author : Editors of Portable Press
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781626866133

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The Funniest Joke Book Ever! by Editors of Portable Press Pdf

Over 500 giggles, groans, and belly laughs! Kids can’t resist sharing jokes (even you try to stop them), so they always need a fresh supply. We’ve stuffed the pages of this little joke book with the funniest jokes we could find. Old favorites, new favorites, and a few festering stinkers, all guaranteed to make kids laugh out loud. You’ll find Q&A jokes, knock-knock jokes, riddles, and one-liners. And, of course, we’ve included entire chapters of those all-time kid-pleasers: elephant jokes, pirate jokes, and space jokes. Here’s a sampling: What's black and white, black and white, black and white? A penguin rolling down a hill. Why don’t zombies eat clowns? They taste funny. Why did the hen scold her chicks? They were using fowl language. What kind of books do skunks read? Best-smellers! How does Darth Vader like his toast? On the dark side. . . . and many more!

Author : Momus
Publisher : Dalkey Archive Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781564785619

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The Book of Jokes by Momus Pdf

Imagine a universe where every joke you've ever heard is solid, real, and occasionally dangerous--and all happening, one after the other, to the same small group of people. Detailing a series of filthy and ludicrous episodes in the life of a single family, saddled with a super-eccentric, sexually rapacious father, "The Book of Jokes" tells the story of the youth and education of a bland young boy doomed to record--in an incongruously serious, autobiographical mode--all the ridiculous incidents befalling his household. With their lives dictated by set ups and punchlines, the boy's family quickly becomes luridly dysfunctional, and he realizes that the only way to escape his tragicomic fate is by trying to take control of the joke-telling himself. Channeling the spirits of Chaucer, Rabelais, Flann O'Brien, and Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, the Vatican secretary who compiled the first known book of jokes in 1451, "The Book of Jokes" is a happy raspberry in the face of life as we know and tell it.

Author : Editors of Cider Mill Press
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781604338720

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The Super Duper Joke Book (Volume 1) by Editors of Cider Mill Press Pdf

Presents a series of jokes, puns, and wordplay about school, animals, and monsters.

Author : Matthew M. Hurley,Daniel C. Dennett,Reginald B. Adams, Jr.
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262518697

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Inside Jokes by Matthew M. Hurley,Daniel C. Dennett,Reginald B. Adams, Jr. Pdf

An evolutionary and cognitive account of the science behind why we crack up—“one of the most complex and sophisticated humor theories ever presented” (Evolutionary Psychology). Some things are funny—jokes, puns, sitcoms, Charlie Chaplin, The Far Side, Malvolio with his yellow garters crossed—but why? Why does humor exist in the first place? Why do we spend so much of our time passing on amusing anecdotes, making wisecracks, watching The Simpsons? In Inside Jokes, Matthew Hurley, Daniel Dennett, and Reginald Adams offer an evolutionary and cognitive perspective. Humor, they propose, evolved out of a computational problem that arose when our long-ago ancestors were furnished with open-ended thinking. Mother Nature—aka natural selection—cannot just order the brain to find and fix all our time-pressured misleaps and near-misses. She has to bribe the brain with pleasure. So we find them funny. This wired-in source of pleasure has been tickled relentlessly by humorists over the centuries, and we have become addicted to the endogenous mind candy that is humor.

Author : William Donohue
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781440583094

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The Best Joke Book (Period) by William Donohue Pdf

Discover hundreds of jokes for every occasion! Why was the limbo dancer shocked when his wallet was stolen right out of his back pocket? Because he didn't think anyone could stoop so low. The ultimate collection of the world’s greatest funnies, The Best Joke Book (Period) keeps you laughing for hours on end. Inside, you'll find hundreds of jokes that are guaranteed to stir up a room full of smiles, including knock-knocks, witty puns, and one-liners. Complete with hilarious quotes from celebrities like Jon Stewart, Lewis Black, and Jerry Seinfeld, everyone will revel in each gut-busting moment. So whether you’re looking to add a few jokes to your repertoire, impress your buds, or improve your banter, this sidesplitting book arms you with the perfect joke for any occasion!

Author : Delia Chiaro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351379960

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The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age by Delia Chiaro Pdf

In this accessible book, Delia Chiaro provides a fresh overview of the language of jokes in a globalized and digitalized world. The book shows how, while on the one hand the lingua-cultural nuts and bolts of jokes have remained unchanged over time, on the other, the time-space compression brought about by modern technology has generated new settings and new ways of joking and playing with language. The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age covers a wide range of settings from social networks, e-mails and memes, to more traditional fields of film and TV (especially sitcoms and game shows) and advertising. Chiaro’s consideration of the increasingly virtual context of jokes delights with both up-to-date examples and frequent reference to the most central theories of comedy. This lively book will be essential reading for any student or researcher working in the area of language and humour and will be of interest to those in language and media and sociolinguistics.

Author : Juan Barake
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0648200000

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The Book of Juan Jokes by Juan Barake Pdf

If you've heard them once, you've heard them all. This book contains 101 Juan Jokes. There is a joke for every juan!. Every Juan joke you could ever make up is in this book.

Author : Graeme Ritchie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134390915

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The Linguistic Analysis of Jokes by Graeme Ritchie Pdf

This book starts from three observations. First, the use of humour is a complex, puzzling, and idiosyncratically human form of behaviour (and hence is of scientific interest). Second, there is currently no theory of how humour works. Third, one useful step towards a theory of humour is to analyze humorous items in precise detail, in order to understand their mechanisms. The author begins by considering how to study jokes rigorously: the assumptions to make, the guidelines to follow and the pitfalls to avoid. A critique of other work on humour is also provided. This introduces some important concepts, and also demonstrates the lack of agreement about what a theory of humour should look like. The language devices used in various jokes, such as puns or humour based on misinterpretation, are analysed in detail. The central part of the book develops, and demonstrates, proposals for how best to analyze the workings of simple jokes. Finally, the author makes some general suggestions about the language devices that seem to be central to the construction of jokes. The Linguistic Analysis of Jokes will be invaluable for researchers and advanced students of humour research, linguistics and cognitive science.