Cognitive linguistics and humor research / Geert Brône, Kurt Feyaerts, Tony Veale, eds.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brône, Geert, editor.

Feyaerts, Kurt, editor.

Veale, Tony, editor.

Series:

Applications of cognitive linguistics ; Volume 26.

Applications of Cognitive Linguistics ; Volume 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wit and humor--Grammar.

Wit and humor.

Cognitive grammar.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter Mouton, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To what extent can Cognitive Linguistics benefit from the systematic study of a creative phenomenon like humor? Although the authors in this volume approach this question from different perspectives, they share the profound belief that humorous data may provide a unique insight into the complex interplay of quantitative and qualitative aspects of meaning construction.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of contents

1. Humour as the killer-app of language A view from Cognitive Linguistics

2. Construction grammar and discoursal incongruity

3. Embodied grammar and humor

4. The humour of exceptional cases: Jokes as compressed thought experiments

5. Humorous Metaphors

6. A metaphorical perspective on humour

7. Know hope: Metaphor, optimal innovation and pleasure

8. Behavioral complexities in ironic humor

9. Frame-shifting and frame semantics: Joke comprehension on the space structuring model

10. Metaphor, humour and characterisation in the TV comedy programme Friends

11. The Art of Teasing A corpus study of teasing sequences in American sitcoms between 1990 and 1999

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 14, 2015).

ISBN:

9783110346343

3110346346

9783110395037

3110395037

OCLC:

952790051