Understanding conversational joking : a cognitive-pragmatic study based on Russian interactions /

"This book examines the diverse forms of conversational humor with the help of examples drawn from casual interactions among Russian speakers. It argues that neither an exclusively discourse-analytic perspective on the phenomenon nor an exclusively cognitive one can adequately account for conve...

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Autore principale: Thielemann, Nadine (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020]
Serie:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 310.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2494118
Sommario:
  • Introduction
  • Conversational joking from a discourseanalytic perspective
  • Humor as a cognitive phenomenon
  • Conversational humor from a discourse-semantic perspective
  • Conclusion.