<i>Humour and Relevance</i> marries a clear focus on a specific theme to an admirable versatility within this theme. Yet again, Yus deserves acclaim for his courage to reach out to scholars in another discipline (here: humour scholarship). He clearly has done his homework: the discussions and bibliography testify to in-depth familiarity with concepts in various paradigms in humour research, which lends credence to his demonstrations how pertinent insights in this field can be accommodated within, and explained by, RT. At the same time, the author suggests how RT can fulfil its promise of being an all-encompassing communication theory by applying it to dimensions that have hitherto been under-researched or even neglected within RT, furthering that theory by coming up with various adaptations and refinements.

- Charles J. Forceville, University of Amsterdam, in Journal of Pragmatics Vol. 107 (2017),

In sum, the work reviewed is undoubtedly an indispensable tool for anyone working in the<br />fields of humour studies and of relevance theory. The author has deeply examined and<br />simultaneously expanded the relevance-theoretical framework with his own genuine<br />contributions to offer the most comprehensive account of humour within this approach. As a<br />result, we may conclude that all four aspects, namely, the understanding of humour, its study<br />as a field of research, the relevance theoretical account of it, and also relevance theory as a<br />whole, have been enriched thanks to the analysis and the contributions offered by Francisco<br />Yus in this work.

- Maria Angeles Ruiz-Moneva, University of Zaragoza, in European Journal of Humour Research 6 (2) 123–127,