In:Understanding Conversational Joking: A cognitive-pragmatic study based on Russian interactions
Nadine Thielemann
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 310] 2020
► pp. 13–104
Chapter 2Conversational joking from a discourse-analytic perspective
Published online: 11 June 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.310.c2
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.310.c2
Article outline
- 2.1Reconstructing laughables
- 2.1.1The equivocal nature of laughter
- 2.1.2Practices for the construction of humorous laughables
- 2.1.3Problems and challenges with the laughable-approach
- 2.2Contextualizing humor
- 2.2.1What exactly is contextualized in joking?
- 2.2.2Contextualization cues for humor in Russian conversations
- 2.2.2.1Prosodic and paralinguistic cues
- 2.2.2.2Linguistic cues
- 2.2.2.3Pragmatic cues
- 2.2.2.4Cues relating to content
- 2.3Summary and interim conclusions
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