Humorous discourse / edited by Wladyslaw Chlopicki, Dorota Brzozowska.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brzozowska, Dorota, editor.

Chłopicki, Władysław, editor.

Series:

Humor research ; Volume 11.

Humor Research, 1861-4116

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mouton, [Louisiana] : De Gruyter, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book attempts to discuss selected but thorny issues of humor research that form the major stumbling blocks as well as challenges in humor studies at large and thus merit insightful discussion. Any discourse is action, so the text-creation process is always set in a non-verbal context, built of a social and communicative situation, and against the background of relevant culture. On the other hand, humor scholars claim that humorous discourse has its special, essential features that distinguish it from other discourses. The pragmatic solution to the issue of potential circularity of humor defined in terms of discourse and discourse in terms of humor seems only feasible, and thus there is a need to discuss the structure and mechanisms of humorous texts and humorous performances. The chapters in the present volume, contributed by leading scholars in the field of humor studies, address the issues from various theoretical perspectives, from contextual semantics through General Theory of Verbal Humor, cognitive linguistics, discourse studies, sociolinguistics, to Ontological Semantic Theory of Humor, providing an excellent overview of the field to novices and experts alike.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of contents

A foreword on humorous discourse

Humor theory: What is and what is not

Metonymy in humour

Conceptual integration and humor

The dynamics of humour

The GTVH and humorous discourse

Metapragmatic markers of the bona fide and non-bona fide modes of communication

Wordplay and football: Humour in the discourse of written sports reporting

Audience affiliation, membership categories, and the construction of humor in stand-up comedy

Humor research and humor reception: Far away, so close

Ontological Semantic Theory of Humor in a context of humorous discourse

Notes on the contributors

Index

Notes:

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

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed Noverber 29, 2017).

ISBN:

9781501507052

1501507052

9781501507106

1501507109

OCLC:

1011439616