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Suitable for scholars in the various subfields of humor studies, pragmatics and (socio-)linguistics, this title draws on different countries and cultures, comprising conversations among friends and family, talk in workplace situations, humor in educational settings, and experimental approaches to humor in interaction.

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Author:   Neal R. Norrick (Saarland University) ,  Delia Chiaro (Alma mater studiorum Università di Bologna)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   182
Weight:   0.495kg
ISBN:  

9789027256164

ISBN 10:   9027256160
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   03 July 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Humor and interaction (by Norrick, Neal R.); 2. Part I: Conversation among friends and family; 3. The occasioning of self-disclosure humor (by Ervin-Tripp, Susan M.); 4. Direct address as a resource for humor (by Norrick, Neal R.); 5. An interactional approach to irony development (by Kotthoff, Helga); 6. Multimodal and intertextual humor in the media reception situation: The case of watching football on TV (by Gerhardt, Cornelia); 7. Part II: Doing gender with humor in talk at work; 8. Using humor to do masculinity at work (by Schnurr, Stephanie); 9. Boundary-marking humor: Institutional, gender and ethnic demarcation in the workplace (by Vine, Bernadette); 10. Part III: Failed humor and its interactional effects; 11. Impolite responses to failed humor (by Bell, Nancy); 12. Failed humor in conversation: A double voicing analysis (by Priego-Valverde, Beatrice); 13. Part IV: Humor in bilingual interactions; 14. Humor and interlanguage in a bilingual elementary school setting (by Kersten, Kristin); 15. Cultural divide or unifying factor?: Humorous talk in the interaction of bilingual, cross-cultural couples (by Chiaro, Delia); 16. Name index; 17. Subject index

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