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Having the last laugh: on post-completion laughter particles
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posted on 2014-08-11, 07:57 authored by Chloe Shaw, Alexa Hepburn, Jonathan PotterPioneering work by Gail Jefferson has led the way to
approaching laughter as a bounded and ordered interactional phenomenon. Laughter can be seen as
more than an uncontrollable expression of amusement, and instead something which is used with
precision, in order to accomplish specific interactional goals. Episodes of shared laughter are shown to be highly ordered events
which are co-ordinated by recipients in relation to the rhythmic pulses of laughter. Rather than just recording when laughter occurs, Jefferson has shown the value of
paying specific attention to the exact placement of laughter in particular words, as well as the
prosodic features of laughter. Recent work has
further exemplified the analytic mileage which is afforded through paying attention to the precise
placement of laughter.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
Published in
Studies of Laughter in InteractionPages
91 - 106Citation
SHAW, C., HEPBURN, A. and POTTER, J., 2013. Having the last laugh: on post-completion laughter particles. In: Glenn, P. and Holt, E. (eds.). Studies of laughter in interaction. London: Bloomsbury, pp. 91-106.Publisher
© BloomsburyVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2013ISBN
9781441164797;1441164790Language
- en