Conversational Joking: Humor in Everyday TalkThis book investigates these and other forms of humor that enliven everyday conversation, examining the ways humor helps us break the ice, fill awkward silences, smooth the way for requests, and build group solidarity. Norrick demonstrates that an account of joking is a necessary part of any complete description of conversation. At the same time, he shows that conversation is the natural home of many forms of humor. We can understand these only if we can explain why and how they are used in everyday talk. Norrick's close study of joking provides new insights into both verbal humor and the nature of conversation. Conversational Joking builds on recent developments in discourse analysis and linguistic pragmatics, and on current work in the study of humor, narrative, and social interaction. It provides a coherent perspective on conversational joking and makes a major contribution to our understanding of humor, conversation, and face-to-face interaction. -- from http://www.barnesandnoble.com (June 16, 2014). |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Joking in Conversational Organization | 20 |
The Interpersonal Dimension | 43 |
Copyright | |
5 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
aggression allows amusement analysis apparently appropriate attention attitudes audience Brandon chapter close Consequently construction context conversation conversationalists course directed discussion effect elicit embarrassment error example exchange express fact feel final foregoing FRANK function funny further heh heh heh huh huh huh humor identify initial interaction involves irony Jason joking joking relationship kind language laugh laughter leads less linguistic listeners look LYDIA matter meaning metalingual mocking narrative natural once organization pair PAMELA participants particular passage patterns performance personal anecdotes phrase play frame politeness present pretending produce provides punch line punning question rapport record relation relevant repeat response Roger Sacks seems seen sense serious serves sets shared signal social sort speaker speaking speech spontaneous story strategy suggests talk TEDDY teller telling topic turn understanding utterance wordplay Yeah