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ISBN: 085991576X 0585443556 1846150027 9786610545278 1280545275 9781846150029 Year: 2000 Publisher: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer,
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Although the question of humour in the surviving corpus of Old English literature has rarely been discussed, the potential for analyzing this literature in terms of its humor is in fact considerable. In the essays especially commissioned for this volume, the first book-length treatment of Anglo-Saxon humor, eight of the foremost scholars in the field use different approaches to explore humor in the surviving literature of Anglo-Saxon England, in such works as 'Beowulf' and 'The Battle of Maldon', the riddles of the Exeter book, and Old English saints' lives. The articles are prefaced with an introduction surveying the field. Through its unusual focus, this collection will provide an appealing introduction to both famous and lesser-known works for those new to Old English literature, while those familiar with the usual contours of Old English literary criticism will find here the value of a fresh approach. JONATHAN WILCOX is Associate Professor of English at the University of Iowa and editor of the 'Old English Newsletter'.
Comic [The ] in literature --- Comique [Le ] dans la littérature --- Komische [Het ] in de literatuur --- Thematology --- Old English literature --- Comic, The, in literature --- English literature --- English wit and humor --- History and criticism --- Old English, ca. 450-1100 --- English wit and humor - History and criticism. --- Comic, The, in literature. --- History and criticism.
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ISBN: 9781107004634 9780521181068 0521181062 9780511791536 9781139379762 1139379763 1280774886 9781280774881 0511791534 1107004632 1139365797 1316089290 9786613685278 1139378333 1139375474 1139371487 113937690X Year: 2012 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
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How are humorous meanings generated and interpreted? Understanding a joke involves knowledge of the language code (a matter mostly of semantics) and background knowledge necessary for making the inferences to get the joke (a matter of pragmatics). This book introduces and critiques a wide range of semantic and pragmatic theories in relation to humour, such as systemic functional linguistics, speech acts, politeness and relevance theory, emphasising not only conceptual but also interpersonal and textual meanings. Exploiting recent corpus-based research, it suggests that much humour can be accounted for by the overriding of lexical priming. Each chapter's discussion topics and suggestions for further reading encourage a critical approach to semantic and pragmatic theory. Written by an experienced lecturer on the linguistics of the English language, this is an entertaining and user-friendly textbook for advanced students of semantics, pragmatics and humour studies.
Lexicology. Semantics --- Pragmatics --- Discourse analysis --- Wit and humor --- Semantics --- Inference --- History and criticism --- Humour --- Analyse du discours --- Mot d'esprit (psychanalyse) --- Discourse analysis. --- Inference. --- Pragmatics. --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --- History and criticism. --- Linguistics --- Semantics. --- Semantics (Philosophy). --- Semantics (philosophy). --- Language arts & disciplines --- Intension (Philosophy) --- Logical semantics --- Semantics (Logic) --- Semeiotics --- Significs --- Syntactics --- Unified science --- Language and languages --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Logical positivism --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philosophy, Modern --- Semiotics --- Signs and symbols --- Symbolism --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Definition (Philosophy) --- Pragmalinguistics --- General semantics --- Ampliative induction --- Induction, Ampliative --- Inference (Logic) --- Reasoning --- Discourse grammar --- Text grammar --- Philosophy --- Humour. --- Analyse du discours. --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Wit and humor - History and criticism
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