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We Are Not Amused: Failed Humor in Interaction
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We Are Not Amused: Failed Humor in Interaction

Nancy Bell
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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.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
De Gruyter
Country
United States
Date
30 March 2015
Pages
194
ISBN
9781501510526

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.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
De Gruyter
Country
United States
Date
30 March 2015
Pages
194
ISBN
9781501510526

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