The Language of Humour - The English Language Series

Nash, Walter

Hardback (27 Apr 2015)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The broad aim of this lively and engaging book is to examine relationships between the linguistic patterns, the stylistic functions, and the social and cultural contexts of humour. The material used in illustration is of corresponding breadth: schoolyard jokes, graffiti, aphorisms, advertisements, arguments, anecdotes, puns, parodies, passages of comic fiction, all come under Dr Nash's scrutiny.

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Book information

ISBN:	9781138837317
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	27 Apr 2015
DEWEY:	808.7
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	181
Weight:	362g
Height:	216mm
Width:	138mm
Spine width:	13mm