We Are Not Amused: Failed Humor in Interaction

✍ Scribed by Nancy Bell

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 184
• Series: Humor Research
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Placing failed humor within the broader category of miscommunication and drawing on a range of conversational data, this text represents the first comprehensive study of failed humor. It provides a framework for classifying the types of failure that can occur, examines the strategies used by both speakers and hearers to avoid and manage failure, and highlights the crucial role humor plays in social identity and relationship management.

✦ Subjects

Self Help Psychology Humor Entertainment Emotions Mental Health Fitness Dieting Criticism Theory History Literature Fiction Genres Styles Linguistics Words Language Grammar Reference Test Preparation American Creative Writing Composition English Literary World Humanities New Used Rental Textbooks Specialty Boutique Clinical Cognitive Developmental Neuropsychology Psychopathology Psychotherapy Social Sciences