Titel:	Identifying action: Laughter in non-humorous reported speech
Personen:	Clift, Rebecca
Jahr:	2012
Typ:	Aufsatz
Periodikum:	Journal of Pragmatics (JoP)
Seiten:	1303-1312
Band:	44
Heft:	10
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URI:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378216612001452
Zuletzt besucht:	09.09.2014
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.