books.google.co.uk - This book starts from three observations. First, the use of humour is a complex, puzzling, and idiosyncratically human form of behaviour (and hence is of scientific interest). Second, there is currently no theory of how humour works. Third, one useful step towards a theory of humour is to analyze humorous...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Linguistic_Analysis_of_Jokes.html?id=kELa1UaugxUC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Linguistic Analysis of Jokes
