Humor in language oxford research encyclopedia of linguistics. Interest in the linguistics of humor is widespread. Linguitsic chapter 10, on humor in context, he comes back to these issues, however. Linguistic theories of humor approaches to semiotics salvatore attardo on free shipping on qualifying offers. He publishes in the field of humor in literature and is considered. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. The routledge handbook of language and humor ebook, 2017. Doris tien marked it as toread may 05, he publishes in the field of humor in literature and is considered to be one of the top authorities in the area. In chapter 10, on humor in context, he comes back to these issues, however. Humor theory available for download and read online in other formats. On these grounds, some have challenged the possibility of providing a unitary account of humor e. L inguistic t heories of h umor, humor research 1, editors.
The handbook excels on all the requirements for the book of this genre in the scope of topics discussed. The routledge handbook oflanguage andhumor presents the first ever comprehensive, indepth treatment of all the subfields of the linguistics of humor, broadly conceived as the intersection of the. Home linguistic theories of humor humor research, no. Abstractan application of the general theory of verbal humour gtvh to the theory of humour translation is presented. Humour and linguistic theories is a conditional name for the theories i aim to introduce here. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The routledge handbook of language and humor 1st edition. Welcome to econtent platform of john benjamins publishing company. Contemporary linguistic theories of humour folklore. Linguistic theories of humor, humor research 1, editors.
The reader will find a thorough historical, terminological, and theoretical introduction to the field, as well as detailed treatments of the various approaches to. Linguistic theories of humor, journal of pragmatics 10. The routledge handbook of language and humor presents the first ever comprehensive, indepth treatment of all the subfields of the linguistics of humor, broadly conceived as the intersection of the study of language and humor. Salvatore attardo author of linguistic theories of humor. Victor raskins scriptbased theory of jokes ssth in his semantic mechanisms of humor. Linguistic humor research initially focused on puns, which are obviously a linguistic problem.
Linguistic theories of humour attardo pdf attardo, salvatore. No matter whether the views established in humor studies will undergo revision or not, the new perspective outlined in norricks conversational joking will certainly contribute to the overall advancement of humor research. Linguistic theories of humour free ebook download as pdf file. Later that year he received a phd in english from purdue university, with a specialization in linguistics and a dissertation on the linguistics of humor, which was published in 1994 as his first book, linguistic theories of humor. The bvt integrates seemingly disparate theories of humor to predict that humor occurs when three conditions are satisfied. Andrew marked it as toread aug 08, what lingusitic striking is attardo s synthetic perspective on the state of the art in humor research. So this english professor comes into class and starts talking about the textual organization of jokes, the taxonomy of puns, the relations between the linguistic form and the content of humorous texts, and other past and current topics in languagebased research into humor. So this english professor comes into class and starts talking about the textual organization of jokes, the taxonomy of puns, the relations between the linguistic form and the content of humorous texts, and other past and current topics in language based research into humor. He studied at purdue university under victor raskin and extended raskins scriptbased semantic theory of humor ssth into the general theory of verbal humor.
Salvatore attardo general theory of verbal humour this theory is basically focused in the linguistic translation approach of humour. Linguistic theories of humor find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Prices in gbp apply to orders placed in great britain only. Contemporary linguistic theories of humour arvo krikmann abstract. Arthur koestlers bisociation theory of humour and its reception. Ociana wijayanti rated it it was amazing may 24, apart from that, the bibliography is truly comprehensive over items and includes over a hundred sources not discussed in the book. Pdf on jan 1, 1998, helga kotthoff and others published salvatore attardo 1994. Victor raskinmahadev apte, moutonde gruyter, be rlinn.
The reader will find a thorough historical, terminological, an. Andrew marked it as toread aug 08, what lingusitic striking is attardos synthetic perspective on the state of the art in humor research. The routledge handbook of language and humor salvatore. Linguistic theories of humor find, read and cite all the research you need. The present handbook testifies to salvatore attardos lifetime involvement in the linguistic mechanisms of humor and its societal effects. In chapter 5, attardo discusses bisociation theories as well as some stylistic and textual theories, advanced particularly by italian and german scholars. Post syndrom marked it as toread jan 10, renee added it oct, galina babak marked it as toread sep 19, doris tien marked it as toread may 05, please help by adding reliable sources. This is a research into the concept of humor as it manifests itself in linguistic activities, that more often than not also appear in writing such as puns and jokes. Prices in represent the retail prices valid in germany unless otherwise indicated.
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