{"product_id":"meaning-and-humour-hardback-9781107004634","title":"Meaning and Humour (Hardback) 9781107004634","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMeaning and Humour\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntroduces and critiques a wide range of semantic and pragmatic theories in relation to humour.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew Goatly (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107004634, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 May 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e380 pages, 25 b\/w illus.  40 tables  90 exercises\u003cbr\u003e22.2 x 14.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Goatly's work is an interesting, innovative, and useful book. It is the first systematic consideration of the linguistic phenomena of humor. I would recommend it for students and scholars alike.' Salvatore Attardo, Editor-in-Chief, HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research and Encyclopedia of Humor Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHow 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 range of semantic and pragmatic theories in relation to humour, such as systemic functional linguistics, speech acts, politeness and relevance theory, emphasising not only conceptual but also interpersonal and textual meanings. Exploiting recent corpus-based research, it suggests that much humour can be accounted for by the overriding of lexical priming. Each chapter's discussion topics and suggestions for further reading encourage a critical approach to semantic and pragmatic theory. Written by an experienced lecturer on the linguistics of the English language, this is an entertaining and user-friendly textbook for advanced students of semantics, pragmatics and humour studies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Meaning in the language system: aspects of form and meaning\u003cbr\u003e 3. Semantics and conceptual meaning of grammar\u003cbr\u003e 4. Semantics and the conceptual meaning of lexis\u003cbr\u003e 5. Personal, social and affective meanings\u003cbr\u003e 6. Textual meaning and genre\u003cbr\u003e 7. Metaphor and figures of speech\u003cbr\u003e 8. Pragmatics, reference and speech-acts\u003cbr\u003e 9. Pragmatics: co-operation and politeness\u003cbr\u003e 10. Relevance theory, schemas and deductive inference\u003cbr\u003e 11. Lexical priming: information, collocation, predictability and humour.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Semantics, discourse analysis, etc [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Semantics, discourse analysis, etc\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Semantics,%20discourse%20analysis,%20etc%20%5BCFG%5D%22\"\u003eCFG\u003c\/a\u003e], Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265447874840,"sku":"9781107004634","price":75.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107004634i.jpg?v=1692022973","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/meaning-and-humour-hardback-9781107004634","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}