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The broad aim of this lively and engaging book is to examine relationships between the linguistic patterns, the stylistic functions, and the social and cultural contexts of humour. The material used in illustration is of corresponding breadth: schoolyard jokes, graffiti, aphorisms, advertisements, arguments, anecdotes, puns, parodies, passages of comic fiction, all come under Dr Nash''s scrutiny.

The Language of Humour 16 English Language Series

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 2/25/1985
      ISBN13: 9780582291270, 978-0582291270
      ISBN10: 0582291275
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      Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics

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      Book Synopsis

      The broad aim of this lively and engaging book is to examine relationships between the linguistic patterns, the stylistic functions, and the social and cultural contexts of humour. The material used in illustration is of corresponding breadth: schoolyard jokes, graffiti, aphorisms, advertisements, arguments, anecdotes, puns, parodies, passages of comic fiction, all come under Dr Nash''s scrutiny.

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