Chapter five. The comic in language

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface IX
3. Contents XI
4. Note on citations XIV
5. Foreword XV
6. Chapter one. Targets of satire 1
7. Chapter two. The problem of the comic 25
8. Chapter three. Satirical characterization: Non-metaphoric denigration 45
9. Chapter four. Satirical characterization: Metaphoric denigration 79
10. Chapter five. The comic in language 101
11. Chapter six. Special cases of the comic 135
12. Chapter seven. Conclusion 157
13. Notes 169
14. References 189
15. Index of Saltykov’s works 199
16. Name index 201
17. Subject index 207