Humour: A Very Short Introduction

Humour: A Very Short Introduction
Title Humour: A Very Short Introduction PDF eBook
Author Noël Carroll
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 145
Release 2014
Genre Humor
ISBN 0199552223

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Examines the leading theories of humor, focusing on the incongruity theory.

Comedy: A Very Short Introduction

Comedy: A Very Short Introduction
Title Comedy: A Very Short Introduction PDF eBook
Author Matthew Bevis
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 169
Release 2013
Genre Humor
ISBN 0199601712

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With a broad scope across the millennia, from high literature to popular culture, between page and stage and screen, this Very Short Introduction considers comedy not only as a literary genre, but also as a broader impulse at work in many other historical and contemporary forms of satire, parody, and play.

On Humour

On Humour
Title On Humour PDF eBook
Author Simon Critchley
Publisher Routledge
Pages 145
Release 2011-08-26
Genre Art
ISBN 1135199035

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This is a fascinating and beautifully written book on what philosophy can tell us about humour and about what it is to be human. It will fascinate and intrigue anyone with a sense of humour.

Viruses

Viruses
Title Viruses PDF eBook
Author Dorothy H. Crawford
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 177
Release 2018
Genre Medical virology
ISBN 0198811713

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Viruses are big news. From pandemics such as HIV, swine flu, and SARS, we are constantly being bombarded with information about new lethal infections. In this Very Short Introduction, Dorothy Crawford demonstrates from their discovery and the unravelling of their intricate structures, how clever these entities really are.

Design: A Very Short Introduction

Design: A Very Short Introduction
Title Design: A Very Short Introduction PDF eBook
Author John Heskett
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 169
Release 2005
Genre Art
ISBN 0192854461

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This book will transform the way you think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our breakfast cereal to the medical equipment used to save lives. John Heskett goes beyond style and taste to look at how different cultures and individuals personalise objects.

Galileo: A Very Short Introduction

Galileo: A Very Short Introduction
Title Galileo: A Very Short Introduction PDF eBook
Author Stillman Drake
Publisher OUP Oxford
Pages 161
Release 2001-02-22
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0191606669

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In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers. Galileo's own beautifully lucid arguments are used to show how his scientific method was utterly divorced from the Aristotelian approach to physics in that it was based on a search not for causes but for laws. Galileo's method was of overwhelming significance for the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Jokes and the Linguistic Mind

Jokes and the Linguistic Mind
Title Jokes and the Linguistic Mind PDF eBook
Author Debra Aarons
Publisher Routledge
Pages 320
Release 2012-02-27
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1136709312

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Through the lens of cognitive science, Jokes and the Linguistic Mind investigates jokes that play on some aspect of the structure and function of language. In so doing, Debra Aarons shows that these 'linguistic jokes' can evoke our tacit knowledge of the language we use. Analyzing hilarious examples from movies, plays and books, Jokes and the Linguistic Mind demonstrates that tacit linguistic knowledge must become conscious for linguistic jokes to be understood. The book examines jokes that exploit pragmatic, semantic, morphological, phonological and semantic features of language, as well as jokes that use more than one language and jokes that are about language itself. Additionally, the text explores the relationship between cryptic crossword clues and linguistic jokes in order to demonstrate the difference between tacit knowledge of language and rules of language use that are articulated for a particular purpose. With its use of jokes as data and its highly accessible explanations of complex linguistic concepts, this book is an engaging supplementary text for introductory courses in linguistics, psycholinguistics and cognitive science. It will also be of interest to scholars in translation studies, applied linguistics and philosophy of language.