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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796619803321

Titolo

The dynamics of interactional humor : creating and negotiating humor in everyday encounters  / / edited by Villy Tsakona, Democritus University of Thrace ; Jan Chovanec, Masaryk University, Brno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2018

©2018

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 pages)

Collana

Topics in Humor Research, ; ; Volume 7

Disciplina

809.7

Soggetti

Wit and humor - History and criticism

Wit and humor - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Investigating the dynamics of humor: towards a theory of interactional humor / Jan Chovanec and Villy Tsakona -- Designing humor in oral interactions. Reactions to jab lines in conversational storytelling / Rania Karachaliou and Argiris Archakis -- Discourse markers as guides to understanding spontaneous humor and irony / Ksenia Shilikhina -- The pragmatics of humor in bilingual conversations / Marianthi Georgalidou and Hasan Kaili -- Laughing at you or laughing with you? humor negotiation in intercultural stand-up comedy / Margherita Dore -- Teasing as audience engagement: setting up the unexpected during television comedy monologues / Sarah Seewoester Cain -- Designing humor in mediated interactions. Laughter and non-humorous situations in TV documentaries / Jan Chovanec -- "Cool children" and "super seniors" cross into youth language: humorous constructions of youthfulness in Greek family sitcoms / Theodora P. Saltidou and Anastasia G. Stamou -- No child's play: a philosophical pragmatic view of overt pretense as a vehicle for conversational humor / Marta Dynel -- Online joint fictionalization / Villy Tsakona -- On-line humorous representations of the 2015 Greek national elections: acting and interacting about politics on social media / Anna Piata -- Positive non-humorous effects of humor on the internet / Francisco Yus.