Playing with Words - Humour in the English Language - Barry Blake

Playing with Words - Humour in the English Language - Barry Blake

Where humour is to be found

Playing with Words - Humour in the English Language - Barry Blake

Barry Blake [+-]
La Trobe University (retired)
Barry Blake retired from the position of Foundation Professor of Linguistics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, in 2003. He is the co-author of Language Typology (1981) and author of Australian Aboriginal Grammar (1987), Relational Grammar (1990), Case (1994, 2001) and several books on various Australian languages. Most of his past research has been in comparative and historical linguistics, but he is currently researching the functions of language that lie beyond the direct exchange of information, in particular humour and oblique, obscure and secret language.

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Topics include: Professional humour; Amateur humour

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Blake, Barry . Where humour is to be found. Playing with Words - Humour in the English Language. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 48-53 Aug 2007. ISBN 9781845533304. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=18703. Date accessed: 29 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.18703. Aug 2007

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