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BL
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988951
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b743321
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| Main Entry
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Partington, Alan.
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| Title & Author
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The linguistics of laughter : : a corpus-assisted study of laughter-talk /\ Alan Partington.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2006.
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| Series Statement
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Routledge studies in linguistics ;; 5
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1 online resource (262 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203966570
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: 1283241005
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: 9780203966570
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: 9781283241007
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0415361664
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0415381665
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9780415361668
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9780415381 666
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9780415381666
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-255) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Laughter-talk -- research questions and methods; 1. Joke humour theory and language principles; 2 Laughter in running discourse: Shifts of mode, narrative, role and register; 3. Face-work and the in-group; 4. Wordplay, phraseplay and relexicalization; 5. Teasing and verbal duelling; 6. Irony and sarcasm; 7. General conclusions; Appendix 1: Visual puns and verbal-visual puns; Appendix 2: Levels of sarcasm; Appendix 3: Irony and popular historiography; Notes; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index.
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| Abstract
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Using a corpus-linguistics approach, this impressive volume examines what speakers try to achieve by producing?laughables? and what hearers are signalling when they produce laughter.
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Conversation analysis-- Data processing.
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Laughter-- Data processing.
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Friendship.
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| Dewey Classification
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302.3/46
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| LC Classification
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P95.45.P37 2006eb
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