Evidence from jokes and funny anecdotes: The case for a metonymic basis of pragmatic inferencing

Barcelona, Antonio

doi:10.1075/pbns.113.07bar

In:Metonymy and Pragmatic Inferencing
Edited by Klaus-Uwe Panther and Linda L. Thornburg
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 113] 2003
► pp. 81–102

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The case for a metonymic basis of pragmatic inferencing

Evidence from jokes and funny anecdotes

Antonio Barcelona

Published online: 17 July 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.113.07bar

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