30.4347, Books: Conversational Humour and (Im)politeness: Sinkeviciute

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Subject: 30.4347, Books: Conversational Humour and (Im)politeness: Sinkeviciute

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:02:08
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Conversational Humour and (Im)politeness: Sinkeviciute

 


Title: Conversational Humour and (Im)politeness 
Subtitle: A pragmatic analysis of social interaction 
Series Title: Topics in Humor Research 8  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/thr.8 


Author: Valeria Sinkeviciute

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027262110 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027262110 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027262110 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027204134 Pages: 274 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027204134 Pages: 274 Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027204134 Pages: 274 Price: Europe EURO 104.94


Abstract:

"Conversational Humour and (Im)politeness" is the first systematic study that
offers a socio-pragmatic perspective on humorous practices such as teasing,
mockery and taking the piss and their relation to (im)politeness. Analysing
data from corpora, reality television and interviews in Australian and British
cultural contexts, this book contributes to cross-cultural and intercultural
research on humour and its role in social interaction. Although, in both
contexts, jocular verbal practices are highly valued and a positive response –
the ‘preferred reaction’ – can be expected, the conceptualisation of what is
seen as humorous can vary, especially in terms of what ‘goes too far’. By
examining how attempts at humour can occasion offence, presenting a
distinction between ‘frontstage’ and ‘backstage’ perceptions of jocularity and
looking at how language users evaluate jocular behaviours in interaction, this
study shows how humour and (im)politeness are co-constructed and negotiated in
discourse. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in
pragmatics, conversational humour, (im)politeness, intercultural
communication, discourse analysis, television studies and interaction in
English-speaking contexts.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Pragmatics


Written In: English  (eng)

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