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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.
Price: $160.99
Pages: 194
Publisher: De Gruyter
Imprint: De Gruyter Mouton
Publication Date:
30 March 2015
ISBN: 9781501510526
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
LAN004000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies
Nancy D. Bell, Washington State University, USA