Jokes and the linguistic mind

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aarons, Debra , 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge , c2012
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Jokes and the linguistic mind
  • 2. Playing with linguistic pragmatics
  • 3. Playing with semantics
  • 4. Playing with morphology and phonology
  • 5. Playing with syntax
  • 6. A case study : word association football
  • 7. Jokes in more than one language
  • 8. Jokes about language
  • 9. Cryptic crossword puzzles and linguistic knowledge