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082 _a808.7 N171l
100 _aNash, Walter
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245 _aThe language of humour: style and technique in comic discourse
260 _aNew York
_bLongman Group Limited
_c1985
300 _a181 p
500 _aIncluye índice y bibliografía
505 _rForeword by Randolph Quirk
520 _aContains: 1. Explaining the joke, 2. Witty compression, comic expansion, 3. The design of the joke: (I) Locative formulae, 4. The design of the joke: (II) The outgrowth of anecdote, 5. Allusion and parody, 6. Likelihoods and logics, 7. Language in its humour: (I) Manipulations of meaning, 8. Language in its humour (II) The staging of recitals
650 _aLITERARY STYLE
650 _aCOMIC
650 _aENGLISH LANGUAGE-STYLE
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