Main entry:

Purdie, Susan.

Title & Author:

Comedy : the mastery of discourse / Susan Purdie.

Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1993.

Description:

186 pages ; 23 cm.

Series:

Theory/culture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-182) and index.
pt. 1. Joking as Discourse. 1. Joking and Discourse. Joking as Discursive Exchange. The 'Rule' of Language. 2. Joking as the 'Abuse' of Language. 3. The Butt: The Third Position -- pt. 2. Comedy as Joking Text. 4. Joking Operations of Textual Engagement. 5. Exchange as the Language of Comedy. 6. Definitions of Comedy -- pt. 3. The Effects of Joking in the World. 7. The Ownership of Language. 8. Masking the Effect: Literal Accounts of Comedy. Postscript: Cultural Relativity and Joking Structures.

Resources:
Donor bookplate

ISBN:

0802029809 (cloth)
9780802029805 (cloth)
0802074375 (pbk.)
9780802074379 (pbk.)

Subject:

Wit and humor Psychological aspects.
Joking Psychological aspects.
Laughter Psychological aspects.
Wit and humor Social aspects.
Joking Social aspects.
Sociolinguistics.
Humour Aspect social.
Plaisanterie Aspect social.
Sociolinguistique.
Humour Aspect psychologique.
Plaisanterie Aspect psychologique.
Rire Aspect psychologique.
sociolinguistics.
Komische Literatur
Komik
Diskurs
Textlinguistik
Prosa
Het komische.

Added entries:

Theory/culture series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 248273
Call No.: PN6149.P5 P87 1993
Status: Available