Laughter in Interaction

Phillip Glenn

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511519888

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

List of figures and tables
pp viii-viii

Acknowledgments
pp ix-x

Transcription symbols
pp xi-xii

Introduction
pp 1-6

1 - Towards a social interactional approach to laughter
pp 7-34

2 - Conversation analysis and the study of laughter
pp 35-52

3 - Laughing together
pp 53-84

4 - Who laughs first
pp 85-111

5 - Laughing at and laughing with: negotiating participant alignments
pp 112-121

6 - Laughing along, resisting: constituting relationship and identity
pp 122-161

7 - Closing remarks
pp 162-171

Notes
pp 172-176

References
pp 177-187

Index
pp 188-190

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