Chapter 2
Humorous and non-humorous interpretations of attempts at humor – or why humor may fail
Article outline
- 2.1Introductory remarks
- 2.2Metapragmatics and the study of humor
- 2.3On humor failure and success
- 2.4Humor failure and the Discourse Theory of Humor
- 2.5The data of the case study
- 2.6Data analysis
- 2.7Discussion
- 2.8Summary
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Notes