Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of figures vii
4. Transcription conventions ix
5. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 2. Conversational joking from a discourse-analytic perspective 13
7. Chapter 3. Humor as a cognitive phenomenon 105
8. Chapter 4. Conversational humor from a discourse-semantic perspective 185
9. Chapter 5. Conclusion 259
10. References 263
11. Appendix 283
12. Index 285