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020			_a9780511977824 (ebook)
020			_z9780521886277 (hardback)
020			_z9780521713887 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aP120 _b.D83 2011
082	0	0	_a410.2/07 _223
100	1		_aDubinsky, Stanley, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aUnderstanding Language through Humor / _cStanley Dubinsky, Chris Holcomb.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (212 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aStudents often struggle to understand linguistic concepts through examples of language data provided in class or in texts. Presented with ambiguous information, students frequently respond that they do not 'get it'. The solution is to find an example of humour that relies on the targeted ambiguity. Once they laugh at the joke, they have tacitly understood the concept, and then it is only a matter of explaining why they found it funny. Utilizing cartoons and jokes illustrating linguistic concepts, this book makes it easy to understand these concepts, while keeping the reader's attention and interest. Organized like a course textbook in linguistics, it covers all the major topics in a typical linguistics survey course, including communication systems, phonetics and phonology, morphemes, words, phrases, sentences, language use, discourses, child language acquisition and language variation, while avoiding technical terminology.
650		0	_aLinguistics
650		0	_aWit and humor
700	1		_aHolcomb, Chris, _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521886277
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511977824
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38167 _d38167