Page 8 - The Language of Humour

First published 1998
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© 1998 Alison Ross
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Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication
Data
Ross, Alison, 1949
The language of humour/Alison Ross.
p. cm.—(Intertext)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-415-16912-7 (pb)
1. English wit and humor—History and
criticism. 2. English language—Style.
3. Style, Literary. 4. Comic, The.
I. Title. II. Series: Intertext (London,
England)
PR931.R67 1998
827.009-dc21 97–24610
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ISBN 0-203-98456-0 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-415-16912-7 (Print Edition)