Chapter 4. Humorous ambiguity – or why humor may engender diverse and contradictory interpretations

Chapters in this book

1. 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
2. Dedication v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. Humor and context within the (socio)pragmatic theories of humor 10
7. Chapter 2. Humorous and non-humorous interpretations of attempts at humor – or why humor may fail 39
8. Chapter 3. Humor as metapragmatic commentary on language use – or how people attempt to regulate language use through humor 66
9. Chapter 4. Humorous ambiguity – or why humor may engender diverse and contradictory interpretations 103
10. Chapter 5. Evaluation and intertextuality in humorous discourse – or how speakers create social groups through humor 126
11. Chapter 6. Humor and critical literacy – or what and how we can learn about humor from its sociopragmatic analysis 150
12. Chapter 7. Conclusions 224
13. References 227
14. Name index 259
15. Subject index 263