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Author:   Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.626kg
ISBN:  

9783031403866

ISBN 10:   303140386
Pages:   351
Publication Date:   30 December 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1 “Shamuz, Shamuz, Everything Is with Shamuz”—Making Sense of Humour Theory and Stylistic Enquiry: An Overview - Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju.Part I Humour Theory and Literary Texts in European, American and African Contexts.2 Unifying the Humour Theories: A Stylistic Approach - Faye Chambers.3 The Rasch Model in Humour Research - Matthias Springer.4 Humour and the “Mooreeffoc Effect”: Inversion and Subversion in Charles Dickens’ Holiday Romance - Katie Wales.5 The Uses of Humour in Barbara Kimenye’s Moses Series - Danson Sylvester Kahyana.6 Ridicule and Scorn in David Sedaris’s “Standing By”: The Responsibility of Humour - Lynn Blin.7 Satire, Humour, Language and Style in Nigerian Literature - Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju.Part II Language, Humour, Society and Media in Africa.8 The Linguistic Style of Nigerian Mediated Comedies in English - Ibukun Filani.9 Humour and Language in the Era of Crisis: A Sociopragmatic Analysis of Cameroonian Women’s Humour Styles During the Anglophone Crisis - Comfort Beyang Oben Ojongnkpot.10 Humour and the Many Worlds of Nigerian Political Cartoons - Oyinkan Medubi.11 Toward the Analysis of Online Supplication and Interactional Stance-Taking - Ibukun Osuolale Ajayi.12 A Preliminary Sketch on Intertextuality in Nigerian Stand-Up Comedy - Ibukun Filani and Catherine Olutoyin Williams.13 Pragmatic Acts of Humour in Selected Series of Helen Paul’s Alhaja Donjasi Comedy Skits - Monsurat Aramide Nurudeen.14 An Analysis of Humour Style in Nigerian Situation Comedy - Lekan Christopher Olawale.

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Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju is a Professor in the Department of English at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria.

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