5 Semiotic and Text Theories

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. List of Tables XV
4. List of Figures XVII
5. Preface to the second edition XIX
6. Acknowledgments for the second edition XXIII
7. Introduction to the second edition (2024) XXV
8. Acknowledgements (1994) LI
9. Preface (1994) LIII
10. Introduction (1994) LVII
11. 1 Survey of the Literature 1
12. 2 The Linear Organization of the Joke 39
13. 3 The Analysis of Puns 80
14. 4 Resolution in Puns 111
15. 5 Semiotic and Text Theories 138
16. 6 Script-based Theories 156
17. 7 Register-based Humor 187
18. 8 Non-joke Humor Texts 207
19. 9 The Cooperative Nature of Humor 221
20. 10 Humor in Context 240
21. 11 Directions in Humor Research 274
22. Bibliography 277
23. A Humorous examples 309
24. B List of Acronyms 319
25. Index 321