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 |
Schlagwörter: |
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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. |