Researchers and practitioners are searching for alternative ways to communicate climate
change and other environmental problems beyond the dominant approach of shock and …

Satire is an attractive subject in deception detection research: it is a type of deception that
intentionally incorporates cues revealing its own deceptiveness. Whereas other types of …

In the past decade, people associated with what is known as the alt-right have employed a
strategy similar to that of progressive, antiracist satirists to advance a decidedly white …

355-362.-. 1990b. Review of Vogel 1989. HUMOR. 3: 4. 440-444.-. 1990c. Jokes: tokens
and types. In Raskin and Hughes (eds.) 122-123.-. 1991. Review of Bariaud et al.(1989) …

Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the Routledge English Language Introductions
series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample …

Text World Theory is a cognitive model of all human discourse processing. In this
introductory textbook, Joanna Gavins sets out a usable framework for understanding mental …

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-
stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an …

In this timely and important study Martin Montgomery unpicks the inside workings of what
must still be considered the dominant news medium: broadcast news. Drawing principally …

Key Terms in Stylistics is a substantial, timely and much-needed contribution to the rapidly
developing field of stylistics, Charting the development of stylistics from its inception to the …

This study investigated biased message processing of political satire in The Colbert Report
and the influence of political ideology on perceptions of Stephen Colbert. Results indicate …