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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tsakona, Villy, editor.

Chovanec, Jan, editor.

Series:

Topics in humor research ; Volume 7.

Topics in Humor Research, ; Volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wit and humor--History and criticism.

Wit and humor.

Wit and humor--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

This book deals with the construction of diverse forms of humor in everyday oral, written, and mediatized interactions. It sheds light on the differences and, most importantly, the similarities in the production of interactional humor in face-to-face and various technology-mediated forms of communication, including scripted and non-scripted situations. The chapters analyze humor-related issues in such genres as spontaneous conversations, broadcast dialogues, storytelling, media blogs, bilingual conversations, stand-up comedy, TV documentaries, drama series, family sitcoms, Facebook posts, and internet memes. The individual authors trace how speakers collaboratively circulate, reconstruct, and (re)frame either personal or public accounts of reality, aiming –among other things– to produce and/or reproduce humor. Rather than being “finished” products with a “single” interpretation, humorous texts are thus approached as dynamic communicative events that give rise to diverse interpretations and meanings. The book draws on a variety of up-to-date approaches and methodologies, and will appeal to scholars in discourse analysis, conversation analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, pragmatics, ethnography of communication, and social semiotics.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.