A01=Delia Chiaro
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Author_Delia Chiaro
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conversational humour
cross-cultural communication
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Deliberate Jokes
Derogatory Jokes
discourse analysis
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Farmer Brown
Fu Manchu
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Green Shield Stamps
Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock’s Half Hour
Invariant Core
irish
Irish Joke
Joke Type
Kan Een
knock
Knock Knock
linguistic creativity
Poetic Jokes
pragmatic analysis
Proficient Non-native Speaker
remark
Richard Coeur De Lion
Shaggy Dog Stories
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sociocultural context of humour
sociolinguistics
Straw Berry
Target Language Phrase
Target Version
Tv Director
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Verbal Conceit
Vice Versa
West Germany
witty
Zygomatic Major
Product details
- ISBN 9780415030908
- Weight: 260g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 28 May 1992
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this highly readable and thought-provoking book, Delia Chiaro explores the pragmatics of word play, using frameworks normally adopted in descriptive linguistics. Using examples from personally recorded conversations, she examines the structure of jokes, quips, riddles and asides. Chiaro explores degrees of conformity to and deviation from established conventions; the `tellability' of jokes, and the interpretative role of the listener; the creative use of puns, word play and discourse. The emphasis in her analysis is on sociocultural contexts for the production and reception of jokes, and she examines the extent to which jokes are both universal in their appeal, and specific to a particular culture.
