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1 online resource (253 pages) |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter One; 1.1 The Problem; 1.2 Database and Research Procedure; 1.2.1 Background Information on the Data; 1.2.2 Taiwan's Multi-lingual Environment, Data Collection and Transcription; 1.3 Research Objectives; Chapter Two; 2.1 Humor, Its Uses in Society and Its Social Functions; 2.2 What Has Constructed Modern Taiwanese Humor?; 2.2.1 Chinese Humor, Its Types and Historical Development; 2.2.2 Hong Kongese Humor; 2.2.3 Japanese Humor and Its Adaptation in Contemporary Taiwan; 2.3 Humor in the Society of Poland |
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2.3.1 Development of Written Polish Humor2.3.2 Humor in Polish Political Discourse; 2.3.3 Humor in Polish Broadcast Media; 2.4 Methodological Approaches to Humor; 2.4.1 Conversation Analysis; 2.4.2 Multimodal Discourse Analysis; 2.4.3 Interactional Linguistics; 2.5 Conclusion; Chapter Three; 3.1 The Use of Quotations; 3.2 The Use of Rhetorical Questions; 3.3 The Use of Theatrical Performance; 3.4 The Use of Back-handed Remarks; 3.5 The Use of Fictional Episodes; 3.6 The Choice of Dramatic Expressions/Codes; 3.7 Conclusion; Chapter Four; 4.1 The Use of Quotations |
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4.2 The Use of Back-handed Remarks4.3 The Use of Fictional Episodes; 4.4 The Choice of Dramatic Expressions; 4.5 Highlighting Contradictions; 4.6 Conclusion; Chapter Five; 5.1 Personal Narratives; 5.2 Wordplay; 5.3 Sarcasm; 5.4 Innuendo; 5.5 Other-deprecating Humor; 5.6 Self-deprecating Humor; 5.7 Self-bragging Humor; 5.8 Wulitou 'Nonsense'; 5.9 Conclusion; Chapter Six; 6.1 Personal Narratives; 6.2 Wordplay; 6.3 Sarcasm; 6.4 Innuendo; 6.5 Other-deprecating Humor; 6.6 Self-deprecating Humor; 6.7 Self-bragging Humor; 6.8 Teasing; 6.9 Conclusion; Chapter Seven; 7.1 Humor Reflects Society |
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7.1.1 Politics and Humor7.1.2 Religion and Humor; 7.1.3 The LGBT Community and Humor; 7.1.4 Taiwanese Wulitou 'Nonsense' and Polish Directness; 7.2 Gender as a Constraint on Humor; 7.3 Humor or Vulgarity?; 7.4 Characteristics of Taiwanese and Polish Humor; 7.5 Conclusion; Chapter Eight; 8.1 Summary of Major Findings; 8.2 Contributions of the Present Study; 8.3 Future Research Directions; Appendix ; References; Index |
| Summary |
Is there a specifically 'Taiwanese' or 'Polish' humor? Do people from Taiwan and Poland share the same sense of humor? How is humor related to politics, religion and the LGBT community? These questions represent the starting point of investigation of this. Some of the central issues explored here include: (1) how Taiwanese and Polish friends use various discourse strategies to construct humor; and (2) how different types of humor are employed on television variety shows to attract laughter. This book also provides an explanation of the prevalence of wúlítóu 'nonsense' in the Taiwanese society |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Discourse analysis.
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Chinese wit and humor -- Taiwan -- History and criticism
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Polish wit and humor -- History and criticism
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Linguistics.
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Cultural studies.
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Society & social sciences.
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Chinese wit and humor
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Discourse analysis
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Polish wit and humor
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Taiwan
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443873727 |
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1443873721 |
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