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Publication details [#32005]

Attardo, Salvatore. 2001. Humorous Texts: A Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis. 238 pp.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton

Annotation

Based on the General Theory of Verbal Humour and recent studies in psycholinguistics and cognitive science, this volume argues that in long texts, there are humorous mechanisms which do not possess counterparts in jokes.

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