Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Acknowledgement xiii
4. Introduction xv
5. Chapter 1. Relevance theory 1
6. Chapter 2. Relevance theory 37
7. Chapter 3. Incongruity-resolution revisited 65
8. Chapter 4. The intersecting circles model of humorous communication 115
9. Chapter 5. Stand-up comedy monologues 151
10. Chapter 6. Humorous ironies 191
11. Chapter 7. Humour and translation 237
12. Chapter 8. Multimodal humour 267
13. Chapter 9. Multimodal humour 299
14. Chapter 10. A note on conversational humour 321
15. References 331
16. Name Index 361
17. Subject Index 365