The Laughter File
The Laughter File

Author: Mark Chandler

Publisher: The Laughter File

Published: 2008-08-21

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1409223493

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A compilation of hilarious jokes, grouped into nine fantastic categories:Activities Blonde Jokes ListsPuns Riddles Short JokesStory Jokes Tongue Twisters TrueThese jokes, fun for all the family, have been collected, sorted and re-written to provide you with hours of entertainment.Enjoy finding out your StarWars name, how Rhonda the Blonde got around the Y2k issue, and the similaritiesbetween Lincoln and Kennedy!Tease your family with the hardest tongue twister in the English language, and testout the 50 Fun Things to Do in a Lift!Enjoy The Laughter File with your family!

The Linguistics of Laughter
The Linguistics of Laughter

Author: Alan Partington

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-10-16

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1134178115

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The Linguistics of Laughter examines what speakers try to achieve by producing ‘laughter-talk’ (the talk preceding and eliciting an episode of laughter) and, by using abundant examples from language corpora, what hearers are signalling when they produce laughter. In particular, Alan Partington focuses on the tactical use of laughter-talk to achieve specific rhetorical, and strategic, ends: for example, to construct an identity, to make an argumentative point, to threaten someone else’s face or save one's own. Although laughter and humour are by no means always related, the book also considers the implications these corpus-based observations may have about humour theory in general. As one of the first works to have recourse to such a sizeable databank of examples of laughter in spontaneous running talk, this impressive volume is an essential point of reference and an inspiration for scholars with an interest in corpus linguistics, discourse, humour, wordplay, irony and laughter-talk as a social phenomenon.

The Laughing Baby
The Laughing Baby

Author: Caspar Addyman

Publisher: Unbound Publishing

Published: 2020-04-16

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1783527986

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Few things in life are more delightful than sharing in the laughter of a baby. Until now, however, psychologists and parenting experts have largely focused on moments of stress and confusion. Developmental psychologist Caspar Addyman decided to change that. Since 2012 Caspar has run the Baby Laughter project, collecting data, videos and stories from parents all over the world. This has provided a fascinating window into what babies are learning and how they develop cognitively and emotionally. Deeper than that, he has observed laughter as the purest form of human connection. It creates a bond that parents and infants share as they navigate the challenges of childhood. Moving chronologically through the first two years of life, The Laughing Baby explores the origin story for our incredible abilities. In the playful daily lives of babies, we find the beginnings of art, science, music and happiness. Our infancy is central to what makes us human, and understanding why babies laugh is key to understanding ourselves.

Laughter
Laughter

Author: Robert R. Provine

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2001-12-01

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1101659254

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Do men and women laugh at the same things? Is laughter contagious? Has anyone ever really died laughing? Is laughing good for your health? Drawing upon ten years of research into this most common-yet complex and often puzzling-human phenomenon, Dr. Robert Provine, the world's leading scientific expert on laughter, investigates such aspects of his subject as its evolution, its role in social relationships, its contagiousness, its neural mechanisms, and its health benefits. This is an erudite, wide-ranging, witty, and long-overdue exploration of a frequently surprising subject.

Mount Chicago
Mount Chicago

Author: Adam Levin

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2022-08-09

Total Pages: 637

ISBN-13: 0385548257

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From the award-winning author of Bubblegum and The Instructions, a daring new novel about the irony, the humor, and the heartbreak of survivorship. "Adam Levin is one of our wildest writers and our funniest." –George Saunders, bestselling, award-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo A one-in-ten-billion natural disaster devastates Chicago. A Jewish comedian, his most devoted fan, and the city’s mayor must struggle to move forward while the world—quite literally—caves beneath their feet. With this polyphonic tale of Chicago-style politics and political correctness, stand-up comedy and Jewish identity, celebrity, drugs, and animal psychology, Levin has constructed a monument to laughter, love, art, and resilience in an age of spectacular loss.

Laugh Yourself To The Bank
Laugh Yourself To The Bank

Author: Allison Casi

Publisher: BookRix

Published: 2016-06-30

Total Pages: 59

ISBN-13: 3736886152

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Writing is my passion. I was born with the mission to bring books to the world. Books people can relate to. Books with some insight. This is a step by step instruction book of how I have successfully self published on both the Kindle Store and Createspace. In 2005 I was computer illiterate. I went to my local library and taught myself all I needed to know. A few years later I bought myself a notebook computer. Big mistake! I ended up selling it at a pawn shop for $100. I bought myself a desk top next and here it is 2013 and I still have it! I have created other stories since too. I had to teach myself and learn how to publish but for me it has become a real dream come true.

Last Laugh for the Baron
Last Laugh for the Baron

Author: John Creasey

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2014-04-22

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0755145771

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A quiet day is disturbed at Quinns, the shop in London’s Mayfair owned by John Mannering – known also as ‘The Baron’ and a former master cracksman. The phone rings. ‘They’re trying to kill me’ pleads the man on the line. Then laughter is heard, at first soft, but rising to a crescendo. Mannering must battle a plot to dominate and destroy him.