The Importance of Not Being Earnest: The Feeling Behind Laughter and HumorJohn Benjamins Publishing, 1. jan. 2007 - 167 síður The thesis of this book is that neither laughter nor humor can be understood apart from the feeling that underlies them. This feeling is a mental state in which people exclude some situation from their knowledge of how the world really is, thereby inhibiting seriousness where seriousness would be counterproductive. Laughter is viewed as an expression of this feeling, and humor as a set of devices designed to trigger it because it is so pleasant and distracting. Beginning with phonetic analyses of laughter, the book examines ways in which the feeling behind the laughter is elicited by both humorous and nonhumorous situations. It discusses properties of this feeling that justify its inclusion in the repertoire of human emotions. Against this background it illustrates the creation of humor in several folklore genres and across several cultures. Finally, it reconciles this understanding with various already familiar ways of explaining humor and laughter. |
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Síða vii
... CHAPTER 3 Varieties of laughter CHAPTER 4 Laughing while speaking CHAPTER 5 Beyond the vocal tract Smiling 51 Internal changes 54 The brain 56 Humor and health 57 xi xiii 17 25 41 51 PART TWO Why we laugh CHAPTER 6 The feeling of.
... CHAPTER 3 Varieties of laughter CHAPTER 4 Laughing while speaking CHAPTER 5 Beyond the vocal tract Smiling 51 Internal changes 54 The brain 56 Humor and health 57 xi xiii 17 25 41 51 PART TWO Why we laugh CHAPTER 6 The feeling of.
Síða viii
... CHAPTER 6 The feeling of nonseriousness What is an emotion ? 61 Properties shared among different emotions 66 The evolution of the feeling of nonseriousness CHAPTER 7 Nonseriousness without humor Undesirable situations 74 Profanity 74 ...
... CHAPTER 6 The feeling of nonseriousness What is an emotion ? 61 Properties shared among different emotions 66 The evolution of the feeling of nonseriousness CHAPTER 7 Nonseriousness without humor Undesirable situations 74 Profanity 74 ...
Síða ix
... CHAPTER 10 Planned humor in writing Film 117 Artificially propagated nonseriousness 118 Literary satire 120 CHAPTER 11 Humor in other cultures Navajo humor 127 Chinese humor 129 Iroquois humor 130 Japanese humor 132 PART THREE Pulling ...
... CHAPTER 10 Planned humor in writing Film 117 Artificially propagated nonseriousness 118 Literary satire 120 CHAPTER 11 Humor in other cultures Navajo humor 127 Chinese humor 129 Iroquois humor 130 Japanese humor 132 PART THREE Pulling ...
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... Morreall 146 Koestler 147 Raskin and Attardo 149 The pragmatics of laughter and humor 151 CHAPTER 14 Coda References Index 157 159 165 Preface People occasionally ask why a linguist should be interested X The Importance of Not Being ...
... Morreall 146 Koestler 147 Raskin and Attardo 149 The pragmatics of laughter and humor 151 CHAPTER 14 Coda References Index 157 159 165 Preface People occasionally ask why a linguist should be interested X The Importance of Not Being ...
Efni
PART TWO Why we laugh | 6 |
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER 2 | 17 |
CHAPTER 4 | 30 |
CHAPTER 5 | 43 |
The feeling of nonseriousness | 61 |
CHAPTER 8 | 89 |
Planned humor in oral traditions | 99 |
CHAPTER 10 | 117 |
CHAPTER 11 | 127 |
CHAPTER 12 | 137 |
CHAPTER 14 | 157 |
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The Importance of Not Being Earnest: The feeling behind laughter and humor Wallace Chafe Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2007 |
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The Importance of Not Being Earnest: The Feeling Behind Laughter and Humor Wallace L. Chafe Engin sýnishorn í boði - 2007 |
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