Clift, Rebecca (2012) Identifying action: Laughter in non-humorous reported speech. Journal of Pragmatics, 44 (10). pp. 1303-1312. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2012.06.005
Clift, Rebecca (2012) Identifying action: Laughter in non-humorous reported speech. Journal of Pragmatics, 44 (10). pp. 1303-1312. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2012.06.005
Clift, Rebecca (2012) Identifying action: Laughter in non-humorous reported speech. Journal of Pragmatics, 44 (10). pp. 1303-1312. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2012.06.005
Abstract
This paper examines the construction of a single action in interaction by means of one of its characteristic features: laughter. It examines laughter in a particular sequential context: direct reported speech which is itself not humorous. It emerges that the laughter plays a pivotal role in the construction of this particular action; furthermore, there is striking evidence pointing to the fine calibration of the production of laughter. There are clear methodological implications for Pragmatics in this consideration of a non-linguistic but pervasive feature of interaction. © 2012 Elsevier B.V..
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Language and Linguistics, Department of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2013 15:32 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2022 01:02 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/5459 |