Laughter as ideological symptom: dialogical analysis of older adults’ discourse

IntroductionLaughter is increasingly investigated in ageing discourse, yet its ideological functions remain unclear. This paper examines how laughter functions as an ideological symptom in the discourse of older adults regarding aging. Drawing from Voloshinov’s dialogical theory, we conceptualize la...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Andrés Haye, Manuel Torres-Sahli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-06-01
Subjects:	aging discourse laughter dialogical theory ideological positioning embodied enthymeme discourse analysis
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1606683/full