ISBN-13: 9783659394256 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 56 str.
The purpose of this book is to approach humor from a linguistic perspective, emphasizing the role of Post-Gricean Pragmatics in understanding how successful and unsuccessful jokes are created. It illustrates the strong context-dependence of both conscious humor formation and comprehension on the part of the hearer, through applying Sperber's and Wilson's Relevance Theory to popular examples, such as situation comedies.
The purpose of this book is to approach humor from a linguistic perspective, emphasizing the role of Post-Gricean Pragmatics in understanding how successful and unsuccessful jokes are created. It illustrates the strong context-dependence of both conscious humor formation and comprehension on the part of the hearer, through applying Sperbers and Wilsons Relevance Theory to popular examples, such as situation comedies.