Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1: Script-based semantics
6. Scripts, frames, and other semantic objects 11
7. Script-based approach towards taxis connectors 43
8. Ontological and grammatical constraints on metaphor productivity 55
9. Meaning amalgamation, phrasal stress, and earning money 77
10. Part 2: Humor
11. Knowledge about humor 93
12. Domains of humor: Challenges from psychology 115
13. Victor Raskin’s overlooked analysis of political jokes 139
14. Joke construction and joke structure 167
15. ‘Stop kidding, I’m serious’: Failed humor in French conversations 191
16. Part 3: Ontological semantics
17. Scripts in the Ontological Semantic Theory of Humor 229
18. Which fuzzy logic operations are most appropriate for ontological semantics: Theoretical explanation of empirical observations 257
19. Decoding intricacies of human nature from social network communications 269
20. Part 4: Other applications
21. A creative approach for linguistic funny business: Using linguistic paradigms and taxonomies 281
22. Tourism after the Arab Spring in Tunisia: An analysis of advertising campaigns 305
23. Names Index 315
24. Subject Index 321