A Conceptual Blending Theory of Humour - Selected British Comedy Productions in Focus

The book presents an analysis of humour in a selection of British comedy productions. The conceptual integration theory devised by Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner, also known as blending, provides the tool for explaining the creation of humour in detail. It seems that blending can elaborate on the origin and cause of funniness, and, therefore, should be included as a linguistic theory of humour in the wide range of contemporary humour theories available. The backdrop against which any humour may be analysed is provided in this study by comparing and contrasting various humour theories which are popular among scholars dealing with comedy and laughter.

List of contents

Contents: Conceptual integration theory (blending) as proposed by Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner - A potential linguistic theory of humour - English humour analysis in British comedy productions (The Office, Extras, Carry On, etc.).

About the author

Joanna Jab¿öska-Hood is a Lecturer at the Department of English at Maria Curie-Sk¿odowska University, Poland. Her academic interest focuses on English humour in all its forms, conceptual integration theory and relevance theory.

Product details

• Authors: Joanna Jab¿o¿ska-Hood, Joanna Jablonska-Hood
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9783631659175
• ISBN: 978-3-631-65917-5
• No. of pages: 253
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 21 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 430 g
• Series: Lodz Studies in Language; Lódz Studies in Language; Lodz Studies in Language
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures