Understanding Conversational Joking: A cognitive-pragmatic study based on Russian interactions
Nadine Thielemann
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 310] 2020. x, 287 pp.
Nadine Thielemann
List of John Benjamins publications for which Nadine Thielemann plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Balto-Slavic linguistics | Cognition and language | Discourse studies | Humor studies | Pragmatics
Approaches to Slavic Interaction
Edited by Nadine Thielemann and Peter Kosta
[Dialogue Studies, 20] 2013. xi, 318 pp.
Subjects Balto-Slavic linguistics | Dialogue studies | Discourse studies | Multilingualism | Pragmatics
Articles
2019. From Poland to #SanEscobar. Reference and Identity in Public Discourses, Lutzky, Ursula and Minna Nevala (eds.), pp. 251–280
Using the example of the hashtag #SanEscobar, which was triggered by a slip of the tongue made by the then Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Witold Waszczykowski, the chapter shows how Twitter provides a discourse arena for the subversion of political discourse. A multimodal discourse analysis of… read more | Chapter
2013. Humor as staging an utterance. Approaches to Slavic Interaction, Thielemann, Nadine and Peter Kosta (eds.), pp. 257–278
In this paper conversational humor is understood as a discourse modality actively contextualized by speakers in order to indicate that an utterance is not meant seriously. The paper focuses on the contextualization cue (Gumperz 1982) of animated speech which is accounted for in terms of shifted… read more | Article
2013. Introduction and overview. Approaches to Slavic Interaction, Thielemann, Nadine and Peter Kosta (eds.), pp. 1–13
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2011. Displays of “new” gender arrangements in Russian jokes. The Pragmatics of Humour across Discourse Domains, Dynel, Marta (ed.), pp. 147–172
Jokes can reflect dominant and changing gender norms as well as arrangements active in a speech community. Analyses of Russian jokes from the Soviet era have so far revealed a male, and often also misogynist, perspective and a jocular perpetuation of gender norms and arrangements of rural Russia… read more | Article