‘Only joking’
Negotiating offensive humour in interaction
Special issue of Pragmatics & Cognition 32:1 (2025)
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[Pragmatics & Cognition, 32:1] 2025. v, 260 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 26 September 2025
Published online on 26 September 2025
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Table of Contents
- Offensive humour: Theoretical and practical challengesChi-Hé Elder, Eleni Kapogianni & Ibi Baxter-Webb | pp. 1–7
- (Un)intended offence: Speaker meaning and discursive scales in the negotiation of offensive humourMichael Haugh & Rosina Márquez Reiter | pp. 8–38
- The joke and the joker: Ascribing accountability for offensive humour in stand-up comedyEleni Kapogianni, Chi-Hé Elder & Ibi Baxter-Webb | pp. 39–68
- The comedian’s identity, audience’s perspective(s) and problematic jokesIbukun Filani | pp. 69–92
- Having a licence for offensive humour in stand-up comedy? Exploring the case of Romanian comedians performing in the United KingdomMihaela-Viorica Constantinescu | pp. 93–120
- “I’m just kidding”: Teasing and potential offence in Greek fictional interactionsVasiliki Saloustrou & Vasia Tsami | pp. 121–150
- Negotiating offensive humour online: ‘Only joking’ claims on RedditYlva Biri & Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen | pp. 151–177
- Using humour to call out racism: Taking offence on political satireStavros Assimakopoulos, Anna Piata & Dimitris Serafis | pp. 178–207
- “We could shoot him…”: Interpretations of offensive humourChristine Howes, Ellen Breitholtz & Vladislav Maraev | pp. 208–232
- Insincerely yours: On the uses of sarcasmLaurence R. Horn | pp. 233–260
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