Abstract
1. Pragmatics and linguistic research into humour (by Dynel, Marta) 2. Part 1. Stylistic figures as forms of humour 3. 1.1: Irony 4. Will anticipating irony facilitate it immediately? (by Giora, Rachel) 5. That's not ironic, that's just stupid: Towards an eclectic account of the discourse of irony (by Simpson, Paul) 6. Irony via surrealism (by Kapogianni, Eleni) 7. 1.2 Puns and other wordplay 8. The role of syllables and morphemes as mechanisms in humorous pun formation (by Seewoester Cain, Sarah) 9. Context-sensitive aspects of Shakespeare's use of puns in comedies: An enquiry into clowns' and pages' punning practices (by Adamczyk, Magdalena) 10. Dimensions of incongruity in register humour (by Venour, Chris) 11. Part 2. (Non)interactive forms of humour 12. 2.1: Jokes 13. Displays of gender arrangements in Russian jokes (by Thielemann, Nadine) 14. Understanding ethnic humour in Romanian jokes (by Popescu, Carmen) 15. Sexuality in Anglo-American anti-proverbs (by Litovkina, Anna T.) 16. 2.2 Conversational humour 17. Joker in the pack: Towards determining the status of humorous framing in conversations (by Dynel, Marta) 18. Humour in quasi-conversations: Constructing fun in online sports journalism (by Chovanec, Jan) 19. Humour and the integration of new staff in the workplace: An interactional study (by Pullin, Patricia) 20. Part 3. Forms of humour in public discourse 21. Parody in the light of the incongruity-resolution model: The case of political sketches by Monty Pythons's Flying Circus (by Kaczorowski, Maciej) 22. I'll be there for you! On participation-based sitcom humour (by Dynel, Marta) 23. Losers, poltroons and nudniks in Woody Allen's Mere Anarchy: A linguistic approach to comic failure (by Ermida, Isabel) 24. Notes on humour and persuasion in advertising and legal discourse (by Forabosco, Giovannantonio) 25. Comic takeover or comic makeover?: Notes on humour-translating, translation and (un)translatability (by Chiaro, Delia) 26. Name index 27. Subject index
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