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20 - Conversational Humour

from Part II - Topics and Settings in Sociopragmatics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2021

By
Marta Dynel  and
Valeria Sinkeviciute
Edited by
Michael Haugh ,
Dániel Z. Kádár  and
Marina Terkourafi
Michael Haugh
Affiliation:
University of Queensland
Dániel Z. Kádár
Affiliation:
Hungarian Research Institute for Linguistics, and Dalian University of Foreign Languages
Marina Terkourafi
Affiliation:
Leiden University
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Summary

This chapter aims to give an overview of the interdisciplinary linguistic research on conversational humour, depicting it as a vital sociopragmatic phenomenon in human interaction. First, we address the key concepts and theoretical approaches found in this field. Second, we focus on a wide spectrum of discourse domains in which those different types of humour are typically deployed. Furthermore, this chapter provides an overview of sociocultural variables in the research on conversational humour, such as intercultural (involving interlocutors from different cultural backgrounds) and cross-cultural (comparing social practices in different cultures) aspects. Our fourth goal is to present the sociopragmatic functions, both discursive and interpersonal, of humour in human interaction. Finally, a number of case studies are offered throughout the chapter in order to illustrate how language users engage in and refer to humorous practices in different interactional settings.

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humourconversational humourcross-culturalintercultural
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The Cambridge Handbook of Sociopragmatics , pp. 408 - 429
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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