Linguistic theories of verbal humour
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https://doi.org/10.25267/Pragmalinguistica.1997.i5.19Info
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- M. Ángeles Torres Sánchez (ES) Universidad de Cádiz
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This article presents a critical examination of Attardo's (1994) Linguistics Theories of Humour This book is one of the few basic studies about verbal humour from a linguistic perspective. A general overview is offered of the numerous studies about humour from different perspectives (anthropological, literary, philosophical, psychological, sociological, etc.), with the purpose of interpreting their conclusions in linguistic terms, and applying different linguistic models to the analysis of verbal humour. This paper concludes proposing an analysis of verbal humour from a pragmatic perspective, which, in our opinion, is the most appropriate line of research for the study of humorous interpretation.
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