Intertext Series: The Language of Humour
Title: The Language of Humour
Series: Intertext
Author(s): Alison Ross
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 1998
Pages: 129
Size: 1.43 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British English
The Language of Humour:
• examines the ways that humour is created in both spoken and written language
• explores the relationship between humour and social attitudes; the status of the targets of humour, the joke tellers and the audience
• focuses on the social aspects of humour, and asks what it contributes to current debates on ‘political correctness’ and censorship [+/-]
• analyses a rich variety of humorous text examples, from the classics of Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde to the contemporary sketches of French and Saunders, Eddie Izzard, Victoria Wood, Reeves and Mortimer, the cartoons of Gary Larson, and the sitcom Friends
About the author
Alison Ross is a visiting lecturer at Leeds University and Sheffield Hallam University. She is a senior examiner and moderator for the NEAB English Language A Level.
• examines the ways that humour is created in both spoken and written language
• explores the relationship between humour and social attitudes; the status of the targets of humour, the joke tellers and the audience
• focuses on the social aspects of humour, and asks what it contributes to current debates on ‘political correctness’ and censorship [+/-]
• analyses a rich variety of humorous text examples, from the classics of Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde to the contemporary sketches of French and Saunders, Eddie Izzard, Victoria Wood, Reeves and Mortimer, the cartoons of Gary Larson, and the sitcom Friends
About the author
Alison Ross is a visiting lecturer at Leeds University and Sheffield Hallam University. She is a senior examiner and moderator for the NEAB English Language A Level.
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