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9780521886277

Understanding Language through Humor

by Stanley Dubinsky , Chris Holcomb
  • ISBN13:

    9780521886277

  • ISBN10:

    0521886279

  • eBook ISBN(s):

    9781139118538

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-10-31
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

Students often struggle to understand linguistic concepts through examples of language data provided in class or in texts. Presented with ambiguous information, students frequently respond that they do not 'get it'. The solution is to find an example of humour that relies on the targeted ambiguity. Once they laugh at the joke, they have tacitly understood the concept, and then it is only a matter of explaining why they found it funny. Utilizing cartoons and jokes illustrating linguistic concepts, this book makes it easy to understand these concepts, while keeping the reader's attention and interest. Organized like a course textbook in linguistics, it covers all the major topics in a typical linguistics survey course, including communication systems, phonetics and phonology, morphemes, words, phrases, sentences, language use, discourses, child language acquisition and language variation, while avoiding technical terminology.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Talking to Garfield: human and animal communication
Did I hear that right? The sounds of language
Twisted words: word structure and meaning
Fitting words together: phrase structure and meaning
Meaning one thing and saying another: indirect speech and conversational principles
Fitting the pieces together: the structure of discourse
'Kids say the darndest things': children acquiring language
Variety is the spice of life: language variation
Cross-cultural gaffes: language and culture
The language police: prescriptivism and standardization
So long, and thanks for all the fish
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