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1、TheLanguageofHumourThisaccessiblesatellitetextbookintheRoutledgeINTERTEXTseriesisuniqueinofferingstudentshands-on,practicalexperienceoftextualanalysisfocusedonthelanguageofhumour.Writteninaclear,userfriendlystylebyapractisingteacher,itcombinespracticalactivitieswithtexts,followedbycomm
2、entariestoshowhowmessagesareconstructedfromlanguageandsuggestionsforfurtheractivities.Itcanbeusedindividuallyorinconjunctionwiththeseriescoretextbook,WorkingwithTexts:Acorebookforlanguageanalysis.AimedatA-Levelandbeginningundergraduatestudents,TheLanguageofHumour:•examinesthewaysthathu
3、mouriscreatedinbothspokenandwrittenlanguage;•explorestherelationshipbetweenhumourandsocialattitudes;thestatusofthetargetsofhumour,thejoketellersandtheaudience;•focusesonthesocialaspectsofhumour,andaskswhatitcontributestocurrentdebateson‘politicalcorrectness’andcensorship;•analysesarich
4、varietyofhumoroustextexamples,fromtheclassicsofCharlesDickensandOscarWildetothecontemporarysketchesofFrenchandSaunders,EddieIzzard,VictoriaWood,ReevesandMortimer,thecartoonsofGaryLarson,andthesitcomFriends.AlisonRossisavisitinglectureratLeedsUniversityandSheffieldHallamUniversity.Sheis
5、aseniorexaminerandmoderatorfortheNEABEnglishLanguageALevel.TheIntertextseries•Whydoesthephrase‘spinningayarn’referbothtousinglanguageandmakingcloth?•Whatmightapieceofliterarywritinghaveincommonwithanadvertoranotefromthemilkman?•Whataspectsoflanguageareimportanttounderstandwhenanalysing
6、texts?TheRoutledgeINTERTEXTserieswilldevelopreaders’understandingofhowtextswork.Itdoesthisbyshowingsomeofthedesignsandpatternsinthelanguagefromwhichtheyaremade,byplacingtextswithinthecontextsinwhichtheyoccur,andbyexploringrelationshipsbetweenthem.Theseriesconsistsofafoundationtext,Work
7、ingwithTexts:Acorebookforlanguageanalysis,whichlooksatlanguageaspectsessentialfortheanalysisoftexts,andarangeofsatellitetexts.Theseapplyaspectsoflanguagetoaparticulartopicareainmoredetail.Theycomplementthecoretextandcanalsobeusedalone,providingtheuserhasthefoundationskillsfurnishedby
