How Long to Read Jokes and the Linguistic Mind

How Long Does it Take to Read Jokes and the Linguistic Mind?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Jokes and the Linguistic Mind by Debra Aarons

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Through the lens of cognitive science, Jokes and the Linguistic Mind investigates jokes that play on some aspect of the structure and function of language. In so doing, Debra Aarons shows that these 'linguistic jokes' can evoke our tacit knowledge of the language we use. Analyzing hilarious examples from movies, plays and books, Jokes and the Linguistic Mind demonstrates that tacit linguistic knowledge must become conscious for linguistic jokes to be understood. The book examines jokes that exploit pragmatic, semantic, morphological, phonological and semantic features of language, as well as jokes that use more than one language and jokes that are about language itself. Additionally, the text explores the relationship between cryptic crossword clues and linguistic jokes in order to demonstrate the difference between tacit knowledge of language and rules of language use that are articulated for a particular purpose. With its use of jokes as data and its highly accessible explanations of complex linguistic concepts, this book is an engaging supplementary text for introductory courses in linguistics, psycholinguistics and cognitive science. It will also be of interest to scholars in translation studies, applied linguistics and philosophy of language.

How long is Jokes and the Linguistic Mind?

Jokes and the Linguistic Mind by Debra Aarons is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Jokes and the Linguistic Mind Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Jokes and the Linguistic Mind aloud.

What Reading Level is Jokes and the Linguistic Mind?

Jokes and the Linguistic Mind is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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