TY  - BOOK
AU  - Latta,Robert L.
TI  - The Basic Humor Process: A Cognitive-Shift Theory and the Case against Incongruity 
T2  - Humor Research [HR] ,
SN  - 9783110161038
AV  - BF575.L3 L35 1998eb
U1  - 152.4/3 21
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston : 
PB  - De Gruyter Mouton, 
KW  - Incongruity
KW  - Wit and humor
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Humor
KW  - Kognitiver Prozess
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; PART 1. Preliminaries --; PART 1. Preliminaries --; Chapter 1. The mystery of humor and sundry further matters --; Chapter 2. The fundamental question of humor theory --; PART 2. Theory L and reason to conclude it is true --; PART 2. Theory L and reason to conclude it is true --; Chapter 3. Theory L --; Chapter 4. The laughter of humor, relaxation, and pleasure --; Chapter 5. The inapplicability of standard criticisms of “relief” theories --; Chapter 6. The explanatory power of theory L --; PART 3. Incongruity theory and reason to conclude it is unsound --; PART 3. Incongruity theory and reason to conclude it is unsound --; Chapter 7. Incongruity theory and the concept of incongruity --; Chapter 8. First probe of incongruity theory: two complementary arguments --; Chapter 9. Second probe of incongruity theory: its collapse into cognitive-shift theory --; Chapter 10. Third probe of incongruity theory: its lack of explanatory power --; Chapter 11. Fourth probe of incongruity theory: sundry arguments and points --; PART 4. Further development --; PART 4. Further development --; Chapter 12. Kant and Koestler on humor --; Chapter 13. The ultimate incongruity thesis and concluding reflections --; Summary of the case for theory L --; References --; Permissions --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110806137
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110806137
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110806137/original
ER  -