We Are Not Amused: Failed Humor in Interaction

We Are Not Amused: Failed Humor in Interaction

Author
Nancy Bell
Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Language
English
Year
2015
Page
194
ISBN
9781501501586,9781501510526
File Type
epub
File Size
673.2 KiB

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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