From linguistics to humor research and back: Applications of linguistics to humor and their implications for linguistic theory and methodology
Abstract
The thesis reviews the major theories of linguistics-based humor research and provides systematic groupings of the various theories according to their methodological, epistemological and theoretical features. The first chapter presents a historical overview. Chapters two and three review the structuralist theories of jokes and puns. Chapter four deals with the text-linguistic and semiotic theories. Chapter five presents script-based theories. Chapter six reviews Gricean theories. Chapter seven deals with discourse-analysis theories. Each chapter includes a critical evaluation of the advances to humor research and linguistics within that framework. The second part of each chapter is dedicated to the presentation of original research, developments of the issues presented in the first part of the chapter, and discussion of relevant issues missing in the literature. Throughout the thesis, the focus is placed on the linguistic concepts, methods and theories applied to humor research and, conversely, on the contribution that humor research can make to linguistics.
Degree
Ph.D.
Advisors
Raskin, Purdue University.
Subject Area
Linguistics|Social research
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