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.
2022. “Our show is so twisted”: comparing impoliteness in Taiwan and Mainland China talk shows. Global Chinese 8:1 ► pp. 1 ff.
Mullan, Kerry
2022. On the "Dark Side". The European Journal of Humour Research 10:2 ► pp. 96 ff.
Cao, Ying, Chong Han, Xiangdong Liu & Adrian Hale
2021. ‘She is like a Yakshini’. The European Journal of Humour Research 9:4 ► pp. 110 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.
Keegan, Louise C., Caitlin Suger & Leanne Togher
2021. Discourse Analysis of Humor After Traumatic Brain Injury. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 30:2S ► pp. 949 ff.
Dynel, Marta & Fabio I. M. Poppi
2020. Arcana imperii*. Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 8:1 ► pp. 57 ff.
Knoblock, Natalia
2020. Frameshifting. Pragmatics & Cognition 27:2 ► pp. 364 ff.
Bousfield, Derek & Dan McIntyre
2018. Creative linguistic impoliteness as aggression in Stanley Kubrick’sFull Metal Jacket. Journal of Literary Semantics 47:1 ► pp. 43 ff.
2020. Laughter through tears: Unprofessional review comments as humor on the ShitMyReviewersSay Twitter account. Intercultural Pragmatics 17:5 ► pp. 513 ff.
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