Philostratus
Author : Philostratus (the Athenian)
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 21,36 MB
Release : 1912
Category :
ISBN :
Humor in Interaction
Author : Neal R. Norrick
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 18,50 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027254273
Book Description
The occasioning of self-disclosure humor / Susan M. Ervin-Tripp & Martin Lampert -- Direct address as a resource for humor / Neal R. Norrick & Claudia Bubel -- An interactional approach to irony development / Helga Kotthoff -- Multimodal and intertextual humor in the media reception situation : the case of watching football on TV / Cornelia Gerhardt -- Using humor to do masculinity at work / Stephanie Schnurr & Janet Holmes -- Boundary-marking humor : institutional, gender, and ethnic demarcation in the workplace / Bernadette Vine ... [et al.] Impolite responses to failed humor / Nancy D. Bell -- Failed humor in conversation : a double voicing analysis / Béatrice Priego-Valverde
Studies in Caucasian History
Author : V. Minorsky
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521057356
Book Description
Psychological Theory and Educational Reform
Author : David R. Olson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 32,6 MB
Release : 2003-06-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780521532112
Book Description
For well over a century educational reformers have looked for a breakthrough in the sciences of psychology and pedagogy that would dramatically improve the effectiveness of schooling. This book shows why such an ambition is an illusion. Schools are institutions which attempt to balance the needs of a bureaucratic society that funds them with the personal goals, interests, hopes and ambitions of the students who enroll in them. Reform efforts attempt to realign that balance without any clear conception of how the two are related. This book offers a theoretical account of the relation between the minds of learners and the institutional structure of the school that would account both for the ways that schooling remakes minds and societies and why such institutions are resistant to change.
Analecta: Or, Materials For a History of Remarkable Providences; Mostly Relating to Scotch Ministers and Christians
Author : Robert Wodrow
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 16,50 MB
Release : 2024-05-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3385129664
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1842.
Say Not to Say
Author : Luigi Anolli
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,35 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781586032159
Book Description
This text explores the major ways in which miscommunication can be experienced in our daily life.
The Language of Jokes
Author : Delia Chiaro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 26,56 MB
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1134970099
Book Description
In this highly readable and thought-provoking book, Delia Chiaro explores the pragmatics of word play, using frameworks normally adopted in descriptive linguistics. Using examples from personally recorded conversations, she examines the structure of jokes, quips, riddles and asides. Chiaro explores degrees of conformity to and deviation from established conventions; the `tellability' of jokes, and the interpretative role of the listener; the creative use of puns, word play and discourse. The emphasis in her analysis is on sociocultural contexts for the production and reception of jokes, and she examines the extent to which jokes are both universal in their appeal, and specific to a particular culture.
The Sultan's Fountain
Author : Agnieszka Dobrowolska
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 48,76 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9774165233
Book Description
The small sabil-kuttab (a charitable foundation particular to Cairo that combines a public water dispensary with a Quranic school) built in 1760 opposite the venerated Sayyida Zeinab Mosque is almost unique in Cairo: it is one of only two dedicated by a reigning Ottoman sultan, and--astonishingly--it is decorated inside with blue-and-white tiles from Amsterdam depicting happy scenes from the Dutch countryside. Why did the sultan, Mustafa III, cloistered in his Istanbul palace, decide to build a sabil in Cairo? Why did he choose this site for it? How did it come to be adorned with Dutch tiles? What were the connections between Cairo, Istanbul, and Amsterdam in the middle of the eighteenth century? The authors answer these questions and many more in this entertaining and beautifully illustrated history of an extraordinary building, describing also the recent conservation efforts to preserve it for posterity.
The Ottoman House
Author : S. Ireland
Publisher : British Institute at Ankara
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 27,15 MB
Release : 1998-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1912090619
Book Description
Seemingly contradictory ideas of privacy and community dominate Ottoman cities. While houses are internally divided to guard female modesty behind a frontage studded with peep-holes, streets in cities like Amasya are often bridged by first-floor passageways between different houses. This book contains 17 papers by architects and archaeologists looking at how the Ottoman house was structured, how it has varied over time and space, and how surviving examples are faring in a world of breeze-block construction. Although the examples discussed are all Near Eastern, and mostly from Turkey, the revelations this book contains about structuring principles will make it a valuable companion to understanding architectural relics from all over the Ottoman Empire.
Humor and Health Promotion
Author : Paola Gremigni
Publisher : Nova Science Pub Incorporated
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 25,19 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781633211469
Book Description
Interest in humor has grown in recent years, especially in relation to its clinical applications. Humor helps relax, improve relationships with others, and reduce negative emotions such as anger. A person who suffers from psychological distress, can learn to open up to others through humor, to complain less, and to transform her mood in a positive way and find constructive solutions to her problems. Mix therapeutic action can help with humor change and improve the management of several diseases (both somatic and mental). Therefore, humor can play a vital role in promoting general and mental well-being. It may seem difficult to measure the health benefits of laughter, but a number of scientific studies done in a clinical setting support the benefits of humor therapy. The aim of this book is to show how humor can become a valuable tool for working in health professions.
