This work examines the importance of the social context for humour and explores the issue of gender and humour in areas such as the New Lad culture in comedy. T
The broad aim of this lively and engaging book is to examine relationships between the linguistic patterns, the stylistic functions, and the social and cultural
Language and Humour in the Media provides new insights into the interface between humour studies and media discourse analysis, connecting two areas of scholarly
In this accessible book, Delia Chiaro provides a fresh overview of the language of jokes in a globalized and digitalized world. The book shows how, while on the