We Are Not Amused : Failed Humor in Interaction

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 sp...

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Main Author: Bell, Nancy (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: De Gruyter Mouton 20150330
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