Studies of Laughter in Interaction

Author:   Professor Phillip Glenn (Emerson College, Boston, USA) ,  Elizabeth Holt (University of Huddersfield, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781350004665


Pages:   312
Publication Date:   25 August 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Studies of Laughter in Interaction


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Laughter is pervasive in interaction yet often overlooked in the research. This volume presents a collection of original studies revealing the highly-ordered, complex, and important phenomenon of laughter in everyday interactions. Building on 40 years of conversation analytic research, the authors show how the design and placement of laughs contribute to unfolding sequences, social activities, identities, and relationships. In this revealing study leading experts investigate laughter in a range of different contexts and across a variety of languages. The research demonstrates that laughter is not simply a reaction to humour but is used in a fascinating array of different ways. Findings reported here include its use in clinics, employment interviews, news interviews, classrooms, the discourse of children with severe autism, and ordinary conversations. The acoustics of laughter and its relationship to movement, gaze and gesture are also explored. The volume brings together new and influential research into this phenomenon to present the state-of-the-art. It will be invaluable to anyone interested in the study of interaction, conversation analysis, humour and laughter.

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Author:   Professor Phillip Glenn (Emerson College, Boston, USA) ,  Elizabeth Holt (University of Huddersfield, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9781350004665


ISBN 10:   1350004669
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   25 August 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Transcription notation 1 Introduction, Phillip Glenn and Elizabeth Holt PART 1 VARIETIES OF LAUGHTER 2 Beyond ((laughter)): Some notes on transcription, Alexa Hepburn and Scott Varney 3 Laughter and Turn-taking: Warranting next speakership in multiparty interactions, Keiko Ikeda and Don Bysouth PART 2 LAUGHS IN TURNS 4 ‘There’s many a true word said in jest’: Seriousness and non-seriousness in interaction, Elizabeth Holt 5 Having the last laugh: On post completion laughter particles, Chloe Shaw, Alexa Hepburn, and Jonathan Potter 6 The emergence of laughter during serious talk in bilingual medical consultations, Claudia Anna Ticca PART 3 LAUGHS IN SEQUENCES 7 Laughter and competence: Children with severe autism using laughter to joke and tease, Tim Auburn and Christianne Pollock 8 Laughter and smiling in a three-party medical encounter: negotiating participants’ alignment in delicate moments, Marilena Fatigante and Franca Orletti 9 ‘Cause the textbook says…’: Laughter and student challenges in the ESL classroom, Christine Jacknick 10 Interviewee laughter and disaffiliation in broadcast news interviews, Tanya Romaniuk PART 4 LAUGHTER AND IDENTITY 11 No laughing matter: laughter and resistance in the construction of identity, Rebecca Clift 12 Constructing identities through laughter, Grit Liebscher and Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain 13 Interviewees volunteered laughter in employment interviews: A case of ‘nervous’ laughter?, Phillip Glenn References Index

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[The book] is invaluable for those interested in conversational analysis and personal interaction . . . Humor scholars will also find it of great interest -- Delia Chiaro, Professor of English Language and Translation, University of Bologna, Italy * HUMOR, vol. 73 *


[The book] is invaluable for those interested in conversational analysis and personal interaction ... Humor scholars will also find it of great interest -- Delia Chiaro, Professor of English Language and Translation, University of Bologna, Italy HUMOR, vol. 73


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Phillip Glenn is a Professor at Emerson College, Boston, USA. Elizabeth Holt is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Huddersfield, UK.

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