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contents
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
Unit one: ‘Just for a laugh?’ 1
Unit two: ‘I say, I say, I say’ 7
Unit three: The shock of the new 27
Unit four: ‘My mother-in-law…’ 51
Unit five: ‘Crikey, that’s a hard one!’ 61
Unit six: Written texts—literature 73
Unit seven: Spoken humour— television and radio 87
Unit eight: Stand-up comedy 97
Index of terms 109
References 1 1 5
