The Language of Comedy - for iPod/iPhone

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How do we use language in comedy? What is the social importance of comedy? What are the techniques used with language to create different types of humour? This series looks at how entertainers manipulate language to generate humour, and what this reveals about the nature of comedy and its function in society. Featuring Henning Wehn, on cross cultural humour, Isy Suttie, on crafting a joke and Graham Fellows on creating his character John Shuttleworth.

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  1. 2014. 08. 11. · 비디오

    Creating a character with Graham Fellows

    In what ways do comedians exploit regional variety in the creation of comedy?

    4분

  2. 2014. 08. 11.

    Transcript -- Creating a character with Graham Fellows

    Transcript -- In what ways do comedians exploit regional variety in the creation of comedy?

  3. 2014. 08. 11. · 비디오

    Social Class with Charlie Higson

    How is social class used as a topic for comedy, and what part do social dialects play in the generation of humour?

    3분

  4. 2014. 08. 11.

    Transcript -- Social Class with Charlie Higson

    Transcript -- How is social class used as a topic for comedy, and what part do social dialects play in the generation of humour?

  5. 2014. 08. 11. · 비디오

    Innuendo with David McGilivray

    How comedians exploit the ambiguities of language in the production of innuendo and similar forms of language play.

    4분

  6. 2014. 08. 11.

    Transcript -- Innuendo with David McGilivray

    Transcript -- How comedians exploit the ambiguities of language in the production of innuendo and similar forms of language play.

  7. 2014. 08. 11. · 비디오

    Cross Cultural Humour with Henning Wehn

    How comedians play with cultural stereotypes as a source of humour,

    4분

  8. 2014. 08. 11. · 비디오

    Catchphrases with Charlie Higson

    Charlie Higson discusses Steve Martin's catchphrases and introduces clip from Fast Show's Downton Abbey spoof

    4분

  9. 2014. 08. 11.

    Transcript -- Cross Cultural Humour with Henning Wehn

    Transcript -- How comedians play with cultural stereotypes as a source of humour,

  10. 2014. 08. 11.

    Transcript -- Catchphrases with Charlie Higson

    Transcript -- Charlie Higson discusses Steve Martin's catchphrases and introduces clip from Fast Show's Downton Abbey spoof

  11. 2014. 08. 11. · 비디오

    Crafting A Joke with Isy Suttie

    This video focuses on the structure of one-liners, and the properties of language that comedians play with in the creation of jokes.

    4분

  12. 2014. 08. 11.

    Transcript -- Crafting A Joke with Isy Suttie

    Transcript -- This video focuses on the structure of one-liners, and the properties of language that comedians play with in the creation of jokes.

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How do we use language in comedy? What is the social importance of comedy? What are the techniques used with language to create different types of humour? This series looks at how entertainers manipulate language to generate humour, and what this reveals about the nature of comedy and its function in society. Featuring Henning Wehn, on cross cultural humour, Isy Suttie, on crafting a joke and Graham Fellows on creating his character John Shuttleworth.

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