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Prosody and HumorEdited by Salvatore Attardo, Manuela Maria Wagner and Eduardo Urios-Aparisi
[Pragmatics & Cognition 19:2] 2011
► pp. 224–247
Prosodic and multimodal markers of humor in conversation
This case study extends the findings of Pickering et al. 2009 to the domain of conversational humor. We find that, as was the case in humorous narratives, conversational humor is not marked by higher pitch or volume, increased speech rate, or significant pauses. Unlike narrative humor, conversational humor is not produced at a lower pitch and slower rate than non-humorous parts of the text. We find that smiling and laughter tend to occur with humor.
Keywords: conversational humor, humor, humor markers, irony, laughter, prosody, pauses, smiling
Published online: 10 August 2011
https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.19.2.03att
https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.19.2.03att
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