The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age: Viral Humour

ISBN-13: 9780415835190 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 166 str.

Delia Chiaro

Opis

This book sets out to provide a fresh overview of the language of jokes and verbal humour in a globalized and digitalized world. Chiaro shows how, while on the one hand the lingua-cultural nuts and bolts of jokes have remained unchanged over time, on the other, the time-space compression brought about by new technology has generated new settings and new ways of joking and playing with language. Covering a wide range of settings from social networks, e-mails, videogames and RPGs (computer based Role Play Games) to more traditional fields of film and TV (especially sitcoms and game shows) and advertising, this lively book will be essential reading for any student or researcher working in the area of language and humour.

O autorze

Delia Chiaro is currently Professor of English Language and Translation at the University of Bologna’s Department of Interpreting and Translation and President of the International Society of Humor Studies. She has published widely on a number of intercultural issues regarding humour and has given numerous keynote lectures at international conferences around the world. A member of the Editorial Boards of the Mouton journal Humor: International Journal of Humor Research and the John Benjamins journal The Israeli Journal of Humor Research: An International Journal, Chiaro is also Associate Editor of the "Topics in Humor" book series for John Benjamins.