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| Typographical conventions |
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1.3 Jakobson's model of communication and the metalingual function |
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10 | (1) |
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1.4 An introductory framework: form, meaning, world |
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11 | (5) |
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1.5 Defining the word and other lexical concepts |
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16 | (5) |
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1.6 Humour, ambiguity and incongruity |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (2) |
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2 Meaning in the language system: aspects of form and meaning |
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25 | (26) |
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2.1 Levels in the language system |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (2) |
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2.3 Morphology: affixation |
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29 | (4) |
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2.4 Re-analysis and folk-etymology |
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33 | (4) |
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2.5 Compounds, collocations and idioms |
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37 | (12) |
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49 | (2) |
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3 Semantics and conceptual meaning of grammar |
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51 | (22) |
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3.1 The meaning of modification |
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51 | (3) |
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3.2 Epithets and classifiers |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (2) |
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3.4 The scope and orientation of modification |
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58 | (1) |
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3.5 A semantic approach to syntax: Halliday and transitivity |
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59 | (3) |
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3.6 An example of analysis |
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62 | (5) |
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3.7 Transformations: passivisation and nominalisation |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (2) |
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4 Semantics and the conceptual meaning of lexis |
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73 | (37) |
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74 | (3) |
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77 | (6) |
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83 | (4) |
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87 | (8) |
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95 | (3) |
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4.6 Meronymy and synecdoche |
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98 | (1) |
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4.7 Componential analysis |
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99 | (3) |
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4.8 Sense relations in the dictionary and in a text |
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102 | (1) |
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4.9 Vague and fuzzy concepts |
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103 | (5) |
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4.10 Summary and afterthought |
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108 | (2) |
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5 Personal, social and affective meanings |
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110 | (25) |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (7) |
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120 | (7) |
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5.5 Grammar and interpersonal meanings |
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127 | (3) |
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5.6 Humour and social or interpersonal meanings |
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130 | (3) |
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133 | (2) |
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6 Textual meaning and genre |
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135 | (31) |
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135 | (2) |
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6.2 Thematic meaning and information focus |
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137 | (4) |
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141 | (2) |
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143 | (17) |
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6.5 A critique of traditional de-contextualised semantics, and meaning change |
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160 | (4) |
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164 | (2) |
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7 Metaphor and figures of speech |
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166 | (28) |
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7.1 Terminology for metaphor analysis |
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167 | (4) |
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7.2 Original and conventional metaphors |
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171 | (1) |
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7.3 Conceptual metaphor theory |
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172 | (2) |
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7.4 Cognitive metaphors exploited in humour |
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174 | (6) |
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7.5 Metaphors and their co-text |
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180 | (5) |
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7.6 What metaphors and humour have in common |
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185 | (5) |
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7.7 Degrees of conventionality: semantics or pragmatics |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (2) |
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8 Pragmatics: reference and speech acts |
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194 | (30) |
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8.1 The boundaries of semantics and pragmatics |
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195 | (1) |
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8.2 Symbol, icon and index |
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196 | (3) |
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199 | (4) |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (11) |
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8.6 Conversational analysis |
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216 | (5) |
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8.7 Problems with speech act theory and conversational analysis |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (2) |
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9 Pragmatics: co-operation and politeness |
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224 | (23) |
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9.1 Grice's co-operative principle |
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225 | (1) |
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9.2 Observing the maxims: standard implicature |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (2) |
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9.4 Ways of breaking the maxims |
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228 | (5) |
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9.5 The co-operative principle and humour theory |
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233 | (3) |
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9.6 Interpersonal pragmatics: politeness and the politeness principle |
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236 | (6) |
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9.7 Modesty, approbation and banter |
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242 | (2) |
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9.8 Impoliteness, humour and failed humour |
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244 | (1) |
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245 | (2) |
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10 Relevance Theory, schemas and deductive inference |
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247 | (29) |
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10.1 Propositions, propositional attitude and implicature |
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247 | (4) |
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10.2 What is relevance? Contextual effects and processing effort |
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251 | (4) |
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10.3 Relevance, deductive logic and understanding jokes |
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255 | (2) |
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10.4 The relation of Relevance Theory to Grice's theory |
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257 | (1) |
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10.5 Implicature and schema theory |
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258 | (7) |
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10.6 Echoic utterances and irony |
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265 | (3) |
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10.7 Echoic utterances, levels of discourse and multiple voices in texts |
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268 | (2) |
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10.8 Echoes and allusions |
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270 | (1) |
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10.9 Jokes: echoic mentions or uses? |
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271 | (2) |
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273 | (3) |
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11 Lexical priming: information, collocation, predictability and humour |
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276 | (41) |
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11.1 Predictability and information theory |
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276 | (3) |
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11.2 Collocation and predictability |
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279 | (4) |
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11.3 Collocation and text-linguistics |
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283 | (2) |
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11.4 Lexical priming and collocation |
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285 | (4) |
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11.5 Ambiguity, humour and the overriding of priming |
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289 | (17) |
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11.6 Some reservations about priming theory as a theory of humour |
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306 | (2) |
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11.7 Theories of humour and the meaning constraints of language |
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308 | (4) |
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11.8 An afterthought and hint of a theory |
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312 | (3) |
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315 | (2) |
| Glossary |
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317 | (20) |
| Notes |
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337 | (4) |
| References |
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341 | (9) |
| Index |
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