This chapter sheds light on the workings of impoliteness as a source of disaffiliative humour in fictional interactions in films, series and serials designed for their viewers (dubbed “recipients”). A number of postulates are proposed against the backdrop of humour theory, as well as the research done on impoliteness. Based on a detailed survey of the relevant literature, it is argued that the incongruity theory of humour gives the best insight into the workings of humorous impoliteness from a linguistic perspective, while the disposition account, subscribing to superiority theory, indicates how the disaffiliative potential of humour contributes to mirthful pleasure on the viewer’s part.
2020. Laughter through tears: Unprofessional review comments as humor on the ShitMyReviewersSay Twitter account. Intercultural Pragmatics 17:5 ► pp. 513 ff.
Dynel, Marta & Fabio I. M. Poppi
2020. Arcana imperii*. Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 8:1 ► pp. 57 ff.
Dynel, Marta & Fabio Indìo Massimo Poppi
2021. Caveat emptor: boycott through digital humour on the wave of the 2019 Hong Kong protests. Information, Communication & Society 24:15 ► pp. 2323 ff.
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