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This edited volume brings together a range of contributions solely on the linguistics of humour. Rather than favour one approach, this collection of articles gives a state-of-the-art picture of current directions in pragmatic humour studies. The contributors assume multifarious theoretical perspectives and discuss a wide array of issues germane to different types of humour across discourse domains. Consequently, the whole gamut of humorous forms and mechanisms are elucidated, such as surrealist irony, incongruity in register humour, mechanisms of pun formation, as well as interpersonal functions of conversational humour. In addition, the papers address diversified manifestations of humour, such as puns in Shakespeare’s plays, gendered jokes on the Internet, sexuality in anti-proverbs, Woody Allen’s prose, humour in “Friends”, and parody by Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Most importantly, the chapters offer new research findings and advocate novel theoretical conceptualisations of humorous phenomena, drawing on the wealth of existing scholarship. Therefore, the volume is bound to serve as a well of knowledge and inspiration for both seasoned and beginning researchers with interests in the pragmatics of humour.
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The Pragmatics of Humour across Discourse Domains
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Editor
Associate Editor
Anita Fetzer
Andreas H. Jucker
University of Würzburg
University of Zurich
Founding Editors Jacob L. Mey
Herman Parret
University of Southern Denmark
Belgian National Science Foundation, Universities of Louvain and Antwerp
Jef Verschueren Belgian National Science Foundation, University of Antwerp
Editorial Board Robyn Carston
Sachiko Ide
Deborah Schiffrin
Thorstein Fretheim
Kuniyoshi Kataoka
University of Trondheim
Aichi University
Paul Osamu Takahara
John C. Heritage
Miriam A. Locher
University College London
Japan Women’s University
University of California at Los Angeles
Universität Basel
Susan C. Herring
Indiana University
Masako K. Hiraga
St. Paul’s (Rikkyo) University
Georgetown University Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
Sandra A. Thompson
Sophia S.A. Marmaridou University of Athens
University of California at Santa Barbara
Srikant Sarangi
Teun A. van Dijk
Cardiff University
Marina Sbisà
University of Trieste
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Yunxia Zhu
The University of Queensland
Volume 210 The Pragmatics of Humour across Discourse Domains Edited by Marta Dynel
The Pragmatics of Humour across Discourse Domains Edited by
Marta Dynel University of Lodz
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The pragmatics of humour across discourse domains / edited by Marta Dynel. p. cm. (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, issn 0922-842X ; v. 210) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Humor. 2. Language and languages. 3. Pragmatics. I. Dynel, Ma