18.1145, Books: Sociolinguistics: Chafe

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Subject: 18.1145, Books: Sociolinguistics: Chafe

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Date: 04-Apr-2007
From:  Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: The Importance of Not Being Earnest: Chafe

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Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:37:07
From:  Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: The Importance of Not Being Earnest: Chafe 

Title: The Importance of Not Being Earnest 
Subtitle: The feeling behind laughter and humor 
Series Title: Consciousness & Emotion Book Series   3  

Publication Year: 2007 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Author: Wallace Chafe

Hardback: ISBN: 902724152X Pages: 181 Price: U.S. $ 119.00

Abstract:

The thesis of this book is that neither laughter nor humor can be
understood apart from the feeling that underlies them. This feeling is a
mental state in which people exclude some situation from their knowledge of
how the world really is, thereby inhibiting seriousness where seriousness
would be counterproductive. Laughter is viewed as an expression of this
feeling, and humor as a set of devices designed to trigger it because it is
so pleasant and distracting. Beginning with phonetic analyses of laughter,
the book examines ways in which the feeling behind the laughter is elicited
by both humorous and nonhumorous situations. It discusses properties of
this feeling that justify its inclusion in the repertoire of human
emotions. Against this background it illustrates the creation of humor in
several folklore genres and across several cultures. Finally, it reconciles
this understanding with various already familiar ways of explaining humor
and laughter. 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Written In: English  (eng)

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