The Linguistics of Laughter: A Corpus-Assisted Study of Laughter-Talk [1 ed.] 9781134178117, 9780415381666, 0415381665, 9780203966570, 9780415544078

The Linguistics of Laughter: A Corpus-Assisted Study of Laughter-Talk [1 ed.] 0415381665, 9780415381666, 9780415544078, 9780203966570

The Linguistics of Laughter examines what speakers try to achieve by producing ‘laughter-talk’ (the talk preceding and e

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Between Laughter and Satire: Aspects of the Historical Study of Humour 3031217381, 9783031217388

This book explores closely related aspects of the historical study of humour. It challenges much that has been taken for

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Between Laughter and Satire: Aspects of the Historical Study of Humour 9783031217395, 9783031217388, 303121739X

This book explores closely related aspects of the historical study of humour. It challenges much that has been taken for

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The Art of Laughter 9780231878647

Presents a general theory on laughter and the vocal pleasures associated with it. Examines the factors in common in lite

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Why Do Linguistics?: Reflective linguistics and the study of language 9781441110992, 9781441166098, 9781472593597, 9781441110831

What do we need to know about language and why do we need to know it? This book shows how viewing the world through a li

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Understanding Language: A Study of Theories of Language in Linguistics and in Philosophy 9783110805406, 9789027931115

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Teffi: A Life of Letters and of Laughter 9781788316095, 9781788312585

Teffi was one of twentieth century Russia’s most celebrated authors. Born Nadezhda Lokhvitskaya in 1872, she came to be

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The Linguistics of Vocabulary

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Pleasure of Fools: Essays in the Ethics of Laughter 9780773572850

Men cannot laugh heartily without showing their teeth, quipped Samuel Butler. From St Paul to Descartes to Adorno, schol

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The Laughter of the Thracian Woman: A Protohistory of Theory 9781623564612, 9781623562304, 9781501304514, 9781623563363

This is the first English translation of Hans Blumenberg’s The Laughter of the Thracian Woman: A Protohistory of Theory,

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