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Tables of Contents for The Linguistic Analysis of Jokes
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
ix
1 Introduction
1
5
2 Assumptions and methodology
6
22
3 Linguistic preliminaries
28
18
4 Incongruity and its resolution
46
13
5 Two models of incongruity-resolution
59
10
6 The General Theory of Verbal Humour
69
12
7 Joke similarity and identity
81
9
8 Manipulating interpretations
90
19
9 The structure of puns
109
34
10 Some computational studies
143
16
11 Pragmatic and discourse issues
159
16
12 Speculations on joke structure
175
11
13 Future directions
186
3
Appendix A: Formal definitions
189
11
Appendix B: Examples
200
20
Glossary
220
5
References
225
9
Index
234