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9783110186161

The Primer of Humor Research

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    9783110186161

  • ISBN10:

    3110186160

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-12-30
  • Publisher: Mouton De Gruyter

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The book provides a definitive view of the field of humor research for both beginning and established scholars in a variety of fields who are developing an interest in humor and need to familiarize themselves with the available body of knowledge. Each chapter of the book is devoted to an important aspect of humor research or to a disciplinary approach to the field, and each is written by the leading expert or emerging scholar in that area.

Table of Contents

Theory of humor and practice of humor research: Editor's notes and thoughtsp. 1
Psychology of humorp. 17
A primer for the linguistics of humorp. 101
Undertaking the comparative study of humorp. 157
Humor in anthropology and folklorep. 183
Philosophy and religionp. 211
Literature and humorp. 243
Humor and popular culturep. 281
Historical views of humorp. 303
Computational humor: Beyond the pun?p. 333
The sociology of humorp. 361
Beyond "Wit and Persuasion"; Rhetoric, composition, and humor studiesp. 399
Applications of humor: Health, the workplace, and educationp. 449
Humor and healthp. 479
Humor in literaturep. 523
Communication and humorp. 543
Verbally expressed humor and translationp. 569
Cartoons: Drawn jokes?p. 609
Index of authorsp. 641
Index of subjectsp. 661
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