Publications

Publication details [#12186]

Alexander, R.J. 1997. Aspects of Verbal Humour in English. (Language in Performance 13). Gunter Narr. ix + 217 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

allusion | contrastive method | function | humor | uses of language

Language as a subject

English

Annotation

A study of lexicogrammatical mechanisms (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, context) contributing to the functioning of verbal humor in English.