Studies of Laughter in Interaction
Published on 23. May 2013
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-1-4411-6479-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
[The book] is invaluable for those interested in conversational analysis and personal interaction . . . Humor scholars will also find it of great interest -- Delia Chiaro, Professor of English Language and Translation, University of Bologna, Italy * HUMOR, vol. 73 *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
634 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-6479-7 (9781441164797)
DOI
CBID162546
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Phillip Glenn | Elizabeth Holt
Studies of Laughter in Interaction
E-Book
05/2013
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic USA
€42.99
Available for download
Phillip Glenn | Elizabeth Holt
Studies of Laughter in Interaction
E-Book
05/2013
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic USA
€43.49
Available for download
Persons
Phillip Glenn is a Professor at Emerson College, Boston, USA.
Elizabeth Holt is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Huddersfield, UK.
Elizabeth Holt is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Huddersfield, UK.
Content
Transcription notation
1 Introduction, Phillip Glenn and Elizabeth Holt
PART 1 VARIETIES OF LAUGHTER
2 Beyond ((laughter)): Some notes on transcription, Alexa Hepburn and Scott Varney
3 Laughter and Turn-taking: Warranting next speakership in multiparty interactions, Keiko Ikeda and Don Bysouth
PART 2 LAUGHS IN TURNS
4 'There's many a true word said in jest': Seriousness and non-seriousness in interaction, Elizabeth Holt
5 Having the last laugh: On post completion laughter particles, Chloe Shaw, Alexa Hepburn, and Jonathan Potter
6 The emergence of laughter during serious talk in bilingual medical consultations, Claudia Anna Ticca
PART 3 LAUGHS IN SEQUENCES
7 Laughter and competence: Children with severe autism using laughter to joke and tease, Tim Auburn and Christianne Pollock
8 Laughter and smiling in a three-party medical encounter: negotiating participants' alignment in delicate moments, Marilena Fatigante and Franca Orletti
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
PART 4 LAUGHTER AND IDENTITY
11 No laughing matter: laughter and resistance in the construction of identity, Rebecca Clift
12 Constructing identities through laughter, Grit Liebscher and Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain
13 Interviewees volunteered laughter in employment interviews: A case of 'nervous' laughter?, Phillip Glenn
References
Index
1 Introduction, Phillip Glenn and Elizabeth Holt
PART 1 VARIETIES OF LAUGHTER
2 Beyond ((laughter)): Some notes on transcription, Alexa Hepburn and Scott Varney
3 Laughter and Turn-taking: Warranting next speakership in multiparty interactions, Keiko Ikeda and Don Bysouth
PART 2 LAUGHS IN TURNS
4 'There's many a true word said in jest': Seriousness and non-seriousness in interaction, Elizabeth Holt
5 Having the last laugh: On post completion laughter particles, Chloe Shaw, Alexa Hepburn, and Jonathan Potter
6 The emergence of laughter during serious talk in bilingual medical consultations, Claudia Anna Ticca
PART 3 LAUGHS IN SEQUENCES
7 Laughter and competence: Children with severe autism using laughter to joke and tease, Tim Auburn and Christianne Pollock
8 Laughter and smiling in a three-party medical encounter: negotiating participants' alignment in delicate moments, Marilena Fatigante and Franca Orletti
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
PART 4 LAUGHTER AND IDENTITY
11 No laughing matter: laughter and resistance in the construction of identity, Rebecca Clift
12 Constructing identities through laughter, Grit Liebscher and Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain
13 Interviewees volunteered laughter in employment interviews: A case of 'nervous' laughter?, Phillip Glenn
References
Index