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Pages: 282
Authors: Debra Aarons
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-27 - Publisher: Routledge

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Through the lens of cognitive science, Jokes and the Linguistic Mind investigates jokes that play on some aspect of the structure and function of language. In s
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Language: en
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Authors: Debra Aarons
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-27 - Publisher: Routledge

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Through the lens of cognitive science, Jokes and the Linguistic Mind investigates jokes that play on some aspect of the structure and function of language. In s
The Language of Jokes
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Pages: 198
Authors: Delia Chiaro
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-12-05 - Publisher: Routledge

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In this highly readable and thought-provoking book, Delia Chiaro explores the pragmatics of word play, using frameworks normally adopted in descriptive linguist
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-15 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Students often struggle to understand linguistic concepts through examples of language data provided in class or in texts. Presented with ambiguous information,
The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age
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Authors: Delia Chiaro
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-23 - Publisher: Routledge

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In this accessible book, Delia Chiaro provides a fresh overview of the language of jokes in a globalized and digitalized world. The book shows how, while on the