Dynel The Pragmatics of Humour across Discourse Domains

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-272-8522-5
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 210, 388 Seiten

Reihe: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dynel, Marta

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1. Stylistic figures as forms of humour: 1.1 Irony


Will anticipating irony facilitate it immediately?
Rachel Giora


“That’s not ironic, that’s just stupid”: Towards an eclectic account of the discourse of irony
Paul Simpson


Irony via “surrealism”
Eleni Kapogianni


: 1.2 Puns and other wordplay


The role of syllables and morphemes as mechanisms in humorous pun formation
Sarah Seewoester


Context-sensitive aspects of Shakespeare’s use of puns in comedies: An enquiry into clowns’ and pages’ punning practices
Magdalena Adamczyk


Dimensions of incongruity in register humour
Chris Venour, Graeme Ritchie and Chris Mellish


Part 2. (Non)interactive forms of humour: 2.1 Jokes


Displays of “new” gender arrangements in Russian jokes
Nadine Thielemann


Understanding ethnic humour in Romanian jokes
Carmen Popescu


Sexuality in Anglo-American anti-proverbs
Anna T. Litovkina


: 2.2 Conversational humour


Joker in the pack: Towards determining the status of humorous framing in conversations
Marta Dynel


Humour in quasi-conversations: Constructing fun in online sports journalism
Jan Chovanec


Humour and the integration of new staff in the workplace: An interactional study
Patricia Pullin


Part 3. Forms of humour in public discourse


“I’ll be there for you!” On participation-based sitcom humour
Marta Dynel


“Losers, poltroons and nudniks” in Woody Allen’s Mere Anarchy: A linguistic approach to comic failure
Isabel Ermida


Notes on humour and persuasion in advertising and legal discourse
Giovannantonio Forabosco


Comic takeover or comic makeover? Notes on humour-translating, translation and (un)translatability
Delia Chiaro