The corpus-based approach to humor offers innovative and more than plausible objectives, supported by sound arguments, which underline the need to...
Developments in the analysis of linguistic variation show the need for a theoretical model whereby variants are viewed as cognitively-based...
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on...
This volume focuses on realisations of wordplay in different cultures and social and historical contexts, and brings together various research...