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We Are Not Amused
Failed Humor in Interaction
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Nancy Bell
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2015
About this book
Placing failed humor within the broader category of miscommunication and drawing on a range of conversational data, this text represents the first comprehensive study of failed humor. It provides a framework for classifying the types of failure that can occur, examines the strategies used by both speakers and hearers to avoid and manage failure, and highlights the crucial role humor plays in social identity and relationship management.
Author / Editor information
Nancy D. Bell, Washington State University, USA
Reviews
"The present volume constitutes a comprehensive account of failed humor and its relation to miscommunication in general. lt goes into significant detail and is provided with excellent conversational extracts as illustrations. [...] 1 find this book not only extremely instructive, clear, and convincing, but also entertaining, with a number of well-chosen examples illustrating the account. lt is highly recommendable by giving new insights into an area that is very little explored."
Anna-Brita Stenström in: Functions of Language 233 (2016), 384—390
Anna-Brita Stenström in: Functions of Language 233 (2016), 384—390
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgements
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Preface
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Table of Contents
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1. Introduction
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2. Conceptualizing Failed Humor
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3. Failed Humor as Miscommunication
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4. Triggers of Failed Humor
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5. Triggers of Failure Specific to Humor
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6. Managing Failed Humor in Interaction
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7. Failed Humor and Society
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8. Conclusion
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Appendix A: Transcription Conventions
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References
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Index
183
Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
April 24, 2015
eBook ISBN:
9781501501586
Hardcover published on:
March 30, 2015
Hardcover ISBN:
9781501510526
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
10
Main content:
184
Audience(s) for this book
Humor Scholars; Applied Linguists; Sociolinguists; Discourse Analysts; Sociologists; Anthropologists
Creative Commons
BY-NC-ND 4.0
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Genthiner Straße 13
10785 Berlin
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