Graeme Ritchie

The Comprehension of Jokes (eBook, PDF)

A Cognitive Science Framework

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Comprehension of Jokes consolidates and develops the tradition of analysing jokes, by de¿ning a framework of concepts which are suited to capturing what happens when someone understands a joke.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351232746
• Artikelnr.: 56840537

Autorenporträt

Graeme Ritchie began his academic career in artificial intelligence in the 1970s, and for the past twenty-five years has increasingly concentrated on research into humour.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preface
1 The programme of work
2 Towards a theory of jokes
3 The process of joke comprehension
4 Text comprehension
5 Processing and prediction
6 Logic in jokes
7 Incongruity and resolution
8 Surprise
9 The role of language
10 Impropriety
11 Superiority and aggression
12 What's in a joke?
13 Applying the framework
14 The way forward