Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. The pragmatics of irony and humor 1
4. 1. Irony and humor
5. The power of inversion 17
6. Intentionality and irony 39
7. An inference-centered analysis of jokes 59
8. 2. Irony and humor in mediated discourse
9. Discursive mechanisms of informative humor in Spanish media 85
10. Narrative strategies in Buenafuente’s humorous monologues 107
11. Cartoons in Spanish press 141
12. Phonological humor as perception and representation of foreignness 159
13. 3. Irony and humor in conversational interaction
14. Failed humor in conversational utterances in Spanish 191
15. Humor and argumentation in everyday talk 219
16. Tackling the complexity of spontaneous humorous interaction 243
17. Subject index 269