7.232, Sum: Women/Language/Humour

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-232. Tue Feb 13 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  75
 
Subject: 7.232, Sum: Women/Language/Humour
 
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Date:  Wed, 14 Feb 1996 00:34:16 GMT
From:  SEN4SH at cardiff.ac.uk (SEN4SH)
Subject:        Summary: Women/Language/Humour.
 
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Date:  Wed, 14 Feb 1996 00:34:16 GMT
From:  SEN4SH at cardiff.ac.uk (SEN4SH)
Subject:        Summary: Women/Language/Humour.
 
With regard to a plea for information on women/language and humour last
December, I would like to thank the following people for their time and
contributions:
 
Ursula Doleschal.        ursula.doleschal at wu-wien.ac.at
Susan M. Ervin-Tripp.    ervintr1 at violet.berkeley.edu
Hannah ?                 Hannah at utxvms.cc.utexas.edu
Alex Housen.             ahousen at vnet3.vub.ac.be
Kent Lee.                k-lee7 at students.uiuc.edu
Miriam Meyerhoff.        mhoff at ling.upenn.edu
Chris Nelson.            cnelson at sla.purdue.edu
Bill Nichols.            bnich at nwu.edu
Linda Shokey.            L.Shockey at reading.ac.uk
 
Suggestions for further contact:
Jennifer Hay, who has completed a masters on gender differences in
humour, which is available online.  E-mail - Jennifer.hay at vuw.ac.nz
 
Helga Kotthof, who is currantly researching this area.  E-mail -
helga at ling.univie.ac.at
 
Further reading:
 
Finney, Gail (ed.) (1994)  Look Who's Laughing: Gender and Comedy.
Studies in Humor and Gender, Vol.1. Series editors, Regina Barreca and
Nancy Walker. (ISBN 2-88124-645-1).
 
Cantor, Joanne R. (1976) What is Funny to Whom?  The Role of Gender.
Journal of Communication 26(3):164-172.
 
Barreca, Regina (1991)  They Used to Call Me Snow White...But I Drifted:
Women's Strategic Use of Humor.  New York: Viking Penguin.
 
 
Tannen, Deborah,  You Just Don't Understand. And,  Gender and Discourse.
Also there is a pamphlet available from Linda Shockey (e-mail address
above) written by her "Women and Language Group" on humour from a
feminist perspective.
 
Again many thanks to those who took the time to help.
 
Sarah Howells
Howellss at Cardiff.ac.uk
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