36.2993, TOC: Pragmatics & Cognition 32 / 1 (2025)

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Date: 06-Oct-2025
From: Eric Burgstede [eric at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Pragmatics & Cognition Vol. 32, No. 1 (2025)


Publisher: John Benjamins
                        http://www.benjamins.com/

Journal Title: Pragmatics & Cognition
Volume Number: 32
Issue Number: 1
Issue Date: 20251006

Subtitle: Special Issue: ‘Only joking’ Negotiating offensive humour in
interaction

Main Text:

2025.  v, 260 pp.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Offensive humour: Theoretical and practical challenges
Chi-Hé Elder, Eleni Kapogianni & Ibi Baxter-Webb | pp. 1–7
Articles
(Un)intended offence: Speaker meaning and discursive scales in the
negotiation of offensive humour
Michael Haugh & Rosina Márquez Reiter | pp. 8–38
The joke and the joker: Ascribing accountability for offensive humour
in stand-up comedy
Eleni Kapogianni, Chi-Hé Elder & Ibi Baxter-Webb | pp. 39–68
The comedian’s identity, audience’s perspective(s) and problematic
jokes
Ibukun Filani | pp. 69–92
Having a licence for offensive humour in stand-up comedy? Exploring
the case of Romanian comedians performing in the United Kingdom
Mihaela-Viorica Constantinescu | pp. 93–120
“I’m just kidding”: Teasing and potential offence in Greek fictional
interactions
Vasiliki Saloustrou & Vasia Tsami | pp. 121–150
Negotiating offensive humour online: ‘Only joking’ claims on Reddit
Ylva Biri & Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen | pp. 151–177
Using humour to call out racism: Taking offence on political satire
Stavros Assimakopoulos, Anna Piata & Dimitris Serafis | pp. 178–207
“We could shoot him…”: Interpretations of offensive humour
Christine Howes, Ellen Breitholtz & Vladislav Maraev | pp. 208–232
Insincerely yours: On the uses of sarcasm
Laurence R. Horn | pp. 233–260

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics




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