Linguistic Theories of Humor

by Salvatore Attardo

Attardo, Salvatore

Genres: Humor, Comedy

Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Salvatore Attardo holds a PhD in English/Linguistics from Purdue University. He is the Head of the department of Literature and Languages at the University of Texas A&M – Commerce. He has authored two monographs (Linguistic Theories of Humor, 1994, and Humorous Texts, 2001, both published by Mouton De Gruyter) and a sociolinguistics textbook, co-authored with Steven Brown (Understanding Language Structure, Interaction and Variation, University of Michigan Press 2000, 2nd ed, 2005), as well as numerous articles on semantics, pragmatics, and humor research. He is the Editor-in-Chief of HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research.