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The Linguistics of Laughter: A Corpus-Assisted Study of Laughter-Talk

Alan Partington

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Description:The Linguistics of Laughter examines what speakers try to achieve by producing laughter-talk (the talk preceding and eliciting an episode of laughter) and, by using abundant examples from language corpora, what hearers are signalling when they produce laughter.In particular, Alan Partington focuses on the tactical use of laughter-talk to achieve specific rhetorical, and strategic, ends: for example, to construct an identity, to make an argumentative point, to threaten someone else s face or save one's own. Although laughter and humour are by no means always related, the book also considers the implications these corpus-based observations may have about humour theory in general.As one of the first works to have recourse to such a sizeable databank of examples of laughter in spontaneous running talk, this impressive volume is an essential point of reference and an inspiration for scholars with an interest in corpus linguistics, discourse, humour, wordplay, irony and laughter-talk as a social phenomenon.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Linguistics of Laughter: A Corpus-Assisted Study of Laughter-Talk. To get started finding The Linguistics of Laughter: A Corpus-Assisted Study of Laughter-Talk, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The Linguistics of Laughter examines what speakers try to achieve by producing laughter-talk (the talk preceding and eliciting an episode of laughter) and, by using abundant examples from language corpora, what hearers are signalling when they produce laughter.In particular, Alan Partington focuses on the tactical use of laughter-talk to achieve specific rhetorical, and strategic, ends: for example, to construct an identity, to make an argumentative point, to threaten someone else s face or save one's own. Although laughter and humour are by no means always related, the book also considers the implications these corpus-based observations may have about humour theory in general.As one of the first works to have recourse to such a sizeable databank of examples of laughter in spontaneous running talk, this impressive volume is an essential point of reference and an inspiration for scholars with an interest in corpus linguistics, discourse, humour, wordplay, irony and laughter-talk as a social phenomenon.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Linguistics of Laughter: A Corpus-Assisted Study of Laughter-Talk. To get started finding The Linguistics of Laughter: A Corpus-Assisted Study of Laughter-Talk, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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