Meaning and humour
"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 rang...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [a. o.]
Cambridge University Press
2012
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| Series: | Key topics in semantics and pragmatics
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| Online Access: | Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Meaning in the language system: aspects of form and meaning; 3. Semantics and conceptual meaning of grammar; 4. Semantics and the conceptual meaning of lexis; 5. Personal, social and affective meanings; 6. Textual meaning and genre; 7. Metaphor and figures of speech; 8. Pragmatics, reference and speech-acts; 9. Pragmatics: co-operation and politeness; 10. Relevance theory, schemas and deductive inference; 11. Lexical priming: information, collocation, predictability and humour.