The Comprehension Of Jokes: A Cognitive Science Framework - 9780815378280

The programme of work -- Towards a theory of jokes -- The process of joke comprehension -- Text comprehension -- Processing and prediction -- Logic in jokes -- Incongruity and resolution -- Surprise -- The role of language -- Impropriety -- Superiority and aggression -- What's in a joke? -- Applying the framework -- The way forward

• | Author: Graeme Ritchie
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jul 12, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 222 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0815378289
• | ISBN-13: 9780815378280