Placing failed humor within the broader category of miscommunication and drawing on a range of conversational data, this text represents the first comprehensive study of failed humor. It provides a framework for classifying the types of failure that can occur, examines the strategies used by both speakers and hearers to avoid and manage failure, and highlights the crucial role humor plays in social identity and relationship management.
Nancy D. Bell, Washington State University, USA
Placing failed humor within the broader category of miscommunication and drawing on a range of conversational data, this text represents the first comprehensive study of failed humor. It provides a framework for classifying the types of failure that can occur, examines the strategies used by both speakers and hearers to avoid and manage failure, and highlights the crucial role humor plays in social identity and relationship management.
Nancy D. Bell, Washington State University, USA
Nancy D. Bell, Washington State University, USA
"The present volume constitutes a comprehensive account of failed
humor and its relation to miscommunication in general. lt goes into
significant detail and is provided with excellent conversational
extracts as illustrations. [...] 1 find this book not only
extremely instructive, clear, and convincing, but also
entertaining, with a number of well-chosen examples illustrating
the account. lt is highly recommendable by giving new insights into
an area that is very little explored."
Anna-Brita Stenström in: Functions of Language 233 (2016), 384--390
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