Understanding Conversational Joking: A Cognitive-Pragmatic Study Based on Russian Interactions

by Nadine Thielemann

This book examines the diverse forms of conversational humor with the help of examples drawn from casual interactions among Russian speakers. It argues that neither an exclusively discourse-analytic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027207356
• ISBN13: 9789027207357
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 287 Pages