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Introduction Chapter 1 The Language of jokes several years on Jokes and humorous discourse Humour The Joke Form The General Theory of Verbal Humor Form and content Verbal ambiguity Joke Structure Joke Targets The stupid underdog Canny jokes SexReligion Disasters Suspending disbelief 　 　 Chapter 2 The Language of Jokes Goes Global Humour in unscripted TV entertainment Presenting with humour The teasing scold Behaving badly for a laugh Translating humour for the movies and television Non-verbal humour Visual humour Acoustic humour Verbal humour Purely linguistic orally conveyed verbal humour Visually conveyed verbal humour Culture specific verbal humour Verbal/visual Humour Verbal humour Translation as a Humorous Device 　 Chapter 3 The Language of Jokes and Gender Male, Female Humour and Laughter Targeting Gender Sexist humour Specific sexist jokes Wives Mothers-in-law The Dirty Joke Rape Jokes Feminist Jokes Women and Self-deprecatory Humour Gender Bending 　 Chapter 4 The Language of Jokes On-Line Conversational Humour on-line Signalling laughter on-line Ping-pong-punning Ping-pong-punning Below the Line Below the Line Communities Hashtaggery When the verbal meets the visual - In and around Internet memes Real life moments Manipulated content Memes as Ethnic jokes Exclusive to the Internet Criss-cross humour Meme Transference