Studies of laughter in interaction / Edited by Phillip Glenn and Elizabeth Holt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glenn, Phillip J., editor of compilation.

Holt, Elizabeth, 1966- editor of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conversation analysis.

Laughter.

Social interaction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (562 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Laughter is pervasive in interaction yet often overlooked in the research. This volume presents a collection of original studies revealing the highly-ordered, complex, and important phenomenon of laughter in everyday interactions. Building on 40 years of conversation analytic research, the authors show how the design and placement of laughs contribute to unfolding sequences, social activities, identities, and relationships. In this revealing study leading experts investigate laughter in a range of different contexts and across a variety of languages. The research demonstrates that laughter is not simply a reaction to humour but is used in a fascinating array of different ways. Findings reported here include its use in clinics, employment interviews, news interviews, classrooms, the discourse of children with severe autism, and ordinary conversations. The acoustics of laughter and its relationship to movement, gaze and gesture are also explored. The volume brings together new and influential research into this phenomenon to present the state-of-the-art. It will be invaluable to anyone interested in the study of interaction, conversation analysis, humour and laughter."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction / Elizabeth Holt

pt. 1 Varieties of Laughter

2.Beyond ((Laughter)): Some Notes on Transcription / Scott Varney

3.Laughter and Turn-Taking: Warranting Next Speakership in Multiparty Interactions / Don Bysouth

pt. 2 Laughs in Turns

4."There's Many a True Word Said in Jest": Seriousness and Nonseriousness in Interaction / Elizabeth Holt

5.Having the Last Laugh: On Post-Completion Laughter Particles / Jonathan Potter

6.Laughter in Bilingual Medical Interactions: Displaying Resistance to Doctor's Talk in a Mexican Village / Anna Claudia Ticca

pt. 3 Laughs in Sequences

7.Laughter and Competence: Children with Severe Autism Using Laughter to Joke and Tease / Christianne Pollock

8.Laughter and Smiling in a Three-Party Medical Encounter: Negotiating Participants' Alignment in Delicate Moments / Franca Orletti

Contents note continued: 9."Cause the textbook says...": Laughter and Student Challenges in the ESL Classroom / Christine Jacknick

10.Interviewee Laughter and Disaffiliation in Broadcast News Interviews / Tanya Romaniuk

pt. 4 Laughter and Identity

11.No Laughing Matter: Laughter and Resistance in the Construction of Identity / Rebecca Clift

12.Constructing Identities Through Laughter / Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain

13.Interviewees Volunteered Laughter in Employment Interviews: A Case of "Nervous" Laughter? / Phillip Glenn.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472542069

1472542061

9781441162809

1441162801

9781441183477

1441183477

OCLC:

841809574