Index
A
- a priori intent(ions),
49, 65, 68, 81–83, 116–17, 193, 208, 266, 268, 272, 274
- Adams,
16, 33, 92, 107, 110, 113, 116–17, 119, 187–87
- adaptational strategies (Forabosco),
58–59
- adaptation of private to public mental model,
83, 103, 177, 268
- aesthetics,
121, 123, 164
- aggregate role experiences,
46, 246, 256
- alienation,
133, 135, 147, 190–91
- Apter,
10, 39–40, 71, 94, 96, 102–3, 115, 121–24, 133–34, 155, 158, 274, 277
- Arundale,
42, 62–63, 272, 277
- Attardo,
16, 35, 59, 86, 97–98, 108–10, 189, 236, 277–78
- attentional field/frame,
198, 200
- audience, documentary,
15, 76–78, 146
- authors (communicative role),
72, 75, 110, 127, 133, 165
B
- background knowledge,
9, 21, 25, 28, 30–31, 33–35, 41, 47, 49–50, 55, 67
- personal,
10, 40, 109, 246
- Bad Education (sitcom),
13
- Barrett, D.,
2, 15, 84, 116, 124, 132, 239
- Barrett, H.C.,
84, 124, 239
- behaviour
- discursive.
See discursive behaviour
- inappropriate or ineffective,
67, 102, 124, 127, 268
- non-discursive.
See non-discursive behaviour
- behaviour(al) patterns,
28, 47, 243
- behavioural norms,
86, 130, 142, 264, 275
- behavioural residue,
29–30, 48, 57, 66, 69, 103–4, 128, 160, 269
- behaviour games,
101, 142
- behaviours, normative.
See normative behaviours
- beliefs, (over-)committed,
92, 111
- Bergson,
86–91, 114, 256, 261
- bi-sociation,
95, 98, 112
- Blakeslee,
32, 50, 92, 94, 114
- body movements,
3, 30, 178, 274–75
- Booth,
249, 251, 253–54, 257–58
- Boyd, B.,
15, 32, 107, 110, 113, 116–19, 124, 270, 273
- Brent’s failure/flaws,
237, 239, 252, 258
- Brent’s management style,
260
- Brent’s role identity,
247
- Brent’s role schemas,
153
- British (business) culture,
73, 249, 252.;
See also English behavioural principles
- Brock,
15, 70, 74, 78–79, 102, 109, 112, 160–61, 270–71
- Burgoon,
35, 74, 88, 154, 156, 245, 260
- butt (of a joke),
85, 90, 108, 118, 165, 234, 271
- bystanders (communicative role),
26, 44
C
- camera crew,
12, 69, 73, 76–79, 133, 145–46, 148–49, 270
- character personalities,
245–65
- Clark, H.H.,
42, 62–63, 94, 177–81
- cognition and emotions,
56, 110–11
- cognitive model-selection mechanism,
112
- cognitive shift,
92–93, 96, 99, 115–16, 119, 270
- collective senders,
7–8, 14–15, 17–19, 21–24, 29–32, 36–45, 65–79, 88–90, 96–97, 102–5, 112–13, 119–25
- comedy vérité,
77, 155, 161
- Come fly with me (sitcom),
13
- comic characters,
37, 86–87, 114, 124, 166–68, 176, 236, 261, 266, 268
- comic role performances,
134, 143, 159, 164, 195
- common ground,
203, 217, 239
- communicative levels,
14, 23, 75–77, 79, 90, 96, 103–4, 109–10, 127, 267, 270
- bridging/merging,
75, 77, 79
- communicative roles,
71–72, 79, 145–48, 183, 202, 246
- authors.
See authors (communicative role)
- bystanders.
See bystanders (communicative role)
- overhearers.
See overhearers (communicative role)
- ultimate destination.
See ultimate destination (communicative role)
- ultimate source.
See ultimate source (communicative role)
- context models,
26–27, 43, 274–75
- co-occurrences,
32–33, 35, 55
- co-operative principle,
38.;
See also helpfulness principle
- culture,
9, 27, 31, 43, 47, 73, 151–82–88–92
D
- de Jongste,
50, 54, 83, 86, 119, 155, 160, 164–65, 249–50, 263, 268, 271–82
- Dennett,
29–31, 41, 50–52, 94, 114, 117, 119, 207, 272
- Desselles,
10, 39, 99, 102, 122, 135, 155, 277
- diminishments,
102, 123–24, 127–28, 147, 149, 155, 167–68, 189, 196–97, 224, 235
- discursive behaviour,
25, 29, 53, 61, 67, 108, 146, 160, 187, 197, 275
- Dynel,
7, 15–16, 18, 23, 72, 77, 98–99, 107, 109, 272
E
- Ebesu Hubbard,
35, 74, 88, 154, 156, 245, 260
- embarrassment,
40, 88, 95, 160, 174, 180, 193, 249
- vicarious,
28, 40, 56–57, 94–95, 193
- embarrassment humour,
40, 56, 75, 91, 94
- emotions,
51, 56, 60, 65, 84, 88, 90, 92, 95, 104, 110–11, 115
- empathy,
8, 49, 56, 67, 75, 88, 104, 261
- English behavioural principles,
264
- expectancies,
74, 154–55, 158–59, 163, 181
- predictive,
74, 154–55, 158–59, 180, 245, 260
- expectancy violations,
74, 155–56
- expectations,
35, 43–45, 93, 97–98, 115, 117–19, 153–55, 169, 190, 192, 270, 275
- expectations and normative behaviour,
74
F
- fact and concept schemas,
71
- fantasy mental models,
54–55, 73, 83, 149, 169, 185–86, 189, 193–95, 236, 268–69, 271
- Forabosco,
35, 58, 96–98, 101, 103, 105, 114, 121–22
- Fox,
132, 205, 249, 252, 255, 264, 266
- frames,
32–34, 39, 111, 137, 148
G
- General Theory of Verbal Humor (GTVH),
107–9, 194
- Gervais,
1, 11, 13–14, 17–18, 66, 72, 85, 90, 134, 137
- Gruner,
16, 89–91, 110, 113–85
H
- Hall,
31, 44, 129, 136, 143, 151, 267
- Haugh,
8, 58, 63–65, 82, 274
- helpfulness,
38, 81–82, 104, 161, 165, 167, 176, 197, 202, 217, 221–22
- helpfulness principle,
38, 67, 81, 168, 223
- Hofstede, G.H.,
151, 250, 260–86
- human nature,
9, 31, 46–47.;
See also universal human characteristics
- humorous intent(ions),
17–18, 81, 83–84, 86, 89, 103–5, 109, 112, 118–120, 124, 127–28, 132–33, 136, 140–41, 144–49, 161–66, 193, 227–28, 267–71
- humorous interaction,
38, 84, 91, 94, 107, 116, 124, 127, 235–36, 239, 242
- humorous manipulations,
21, 96, 133, 137, 148, 240
- humour
- disclosure,
99, 102–3, 122, 135
- social aspect of,
112, 117
- humour theories,
96, 105, 109–10, 113–14, 118, 122
- classical/traditional,
81, 103, 115, 269–70
- humour theories and mental models,
81–125
- Hurley, Dennett and Adams’ theory of humour,
16, 33–35, 56, 92–94, 107, 110–14, 116–17, 119, 124, 187, 270
I
- Iacoboni,
30, 40, 56, 61–62
- idealized cognitive models (ICMs),
111
- identity synergy,
96, 121, 133–34, 145, 149, 160, 194–95
- incongruity,
35, 81, 97–99, 101–3, 105, 110, 114–15, 117, 121–22, 269, 271
- incongruity resolution,
98, 101–2, 107–8
- incongruity theories,
93, 97–99, 105, 110, 113–14, 269
- intent(ions),
1, 3, 5, 8, 38, 40, 42, 57, 60–65, 81–82, 110, 266, 268, 272, 274
- humorous.
See humorous intent(ions)
- a priori.
See a priori intent(ions)
- intentionality,
50, 56, 272
- higher-order,
60–61, 79, 113, 181
- interactants,
28–29, 43–47, 61, 63, 66–68, 79, 81, 127–29, 148, 190, 208, 233–34, 236, 269, 272
- interaction, levels of,
97, 128.;
See also communicative levels
- interaction engine,
37, 62
- interactionist approaches,
107, 119–120
- interlocutors (communicative role),
75, 77–78
- irony,
102, 118, 122, 141, 192, 228, 264, 266, 271
J
- JITSA (just-in-time spreading activation),
33
- jokes,
14, 55, 84, 98–99, 109, 117, 119, 231, 233–34, 239, 243
- practical,
93, 123, 135, 225–27, 258
- joking,
91, 118–19, 190, 230–31
K
- Kahneman,
34–35, 46, 50, 56, 92, 111
- Kerr,
10, 39, 70, 121, 277
- knowledge resources,
50, 107–9
- Koestler,
35, 95, 97–98, 112
- Kotthoff,
119–120, 236, 271
- Krach,
28, 40, 56–57, 88, 94–95, 193
L
- Latta,
16, 92–97, 99, 114–15
- laughter,
84, 91–92, 114, 117
- level
- fictional,
13–14, 69, 75, 77
;
See also communicative levels, level 2
- real-world,
14
;
See also communicative levels, level 1
- level of communication.
See communicative levels
- levels of (situational) context,
44, 55.;
See also levels of abstraction/generalisation
- levels of abstraction/generalisation,
55, 108, 223–24
- levels of personality,
46
- Levinson,
8, 37, 52, 60, 62, 64, 71–73, 75–76
M
- management roles,
37, 212
- management skills,
250, 257–58
- manipulative intent,
49, 65, 81, 83, 104, 168–69, 171, 208–9
- Martin,
39, 84, 86, 92, 98, 107–89
- Matsumoto’s situation template,
9–10, 25, 27–28, 31, 43–47, 50, 57, 70, 74, 246, 249, 273–75
- mental-model construction,
8–9, 25, 31–33, 35, 38, 42–43, 46–48, 53, 78, 81, 114, 117, 269–70
- mental models
- coherence,
54, 98, 141, 173, 175, 182, 186, 242, 272
- exchange and co-ordination of,
100, 104, 198, 200, 202, 204, 211, 213, 221, 230, 235
- fantasy.
See fantasy mental models
- manipulated,
84, 104, 122, 167, 176, 190, 192, 210
- overlapping,
23, 47, 50, 104, 151, 197–98, 214, 216–17
- overlapping private,
89, 117, 212, 222, 269
- overlapping public,
63, 66, 82, 125, 215, 217, 232
- private.
See private mental models
- properties of,
48–49, 51–67
- public.
See public mental models
- re-constructing,
8, 21–22, 30
- structure.
See Matsumoto’s situation template
- mental models and humour,
124
- mental-model theory,
8–10, 17, 93, 96, 98–99, 103, 107, 109, 113, 116, 118–120, 122, 272–73
- mental model theory and discourse,
271
- mental model theory and humour studies,
267
- mental model theory and situations,
273
- mental processes,
9, 27, 29–30, 39, 66, 72, 94, 262, 269, 274
- deficient/flawed/inferior,
88, 174, 207
- mental processes and behaviors,
27
- mental spaces,
34, 92, 107, 111–13, 270
- Merchant,
1, 11, 13–14, 18, 66, 72, 75, 134
- meta-communication,
103, 105, 112
- meta-humour,
40, 128, 134, 143, 164, 167, 189, 193, 236
- meta-motivational state
- para-telic,
39–40, 66–67, 71, 81, 103–4, 112–13, 115, 118–19, 121, 163, 165–67, 224, 228, 230, 242–43
- telic,
39–40, 67, 71, 81, 84, 115, 121, 166–68, 224, 230, 234, 242–43
- micro-level (situation),
44, 65
- Mills,
1, 8, 13, 77, 155, 161
- Milner Davis,
86–88, 256, 261
- mind-reading skills/ability,
3, 8, 42, 50, 67, 94, 100, 120, 166, 171, 182
- mirror neurons,
40, 56–86
- mirth,
28, 92–93, 111, 114
- Missie Aarde (sitcom),
12
- mock mental models,
54–55, 83, 133, 189–90, 192–93, 195–96, 233, 235–36, 239, 268–69, 271
- Morreall,
84, 86, 92, 97, 99, 103, 107, 110, 113–19, 123–24, 270
- movements.
See body movements
- Mrs Brown’s Boys (sitcom),
13, 270
N
- Nishida,
32–33, 36, 43–44, 46, 50, 71, 158, 182, 245
- non-discursive behaviour,
29–30, 41, 49, 51, 53, 61–62, 64, 67, 159–61, 180, 182, 272, 274–75
- non-normative behaviour,
102, 104, 136, 140, 143, 160–63, 177, 179, 213
- normative behaviours,
43–45, 70, 74, 79, 85, 137, 142, 160–61, 163, 191, 234–35, 245, 251
- Norris,
29, 41, 136, 274–75
O
- objects (of play),
10–11, 48, 67, 118, 134, 147, 187, 195, 270
- objects, lifeless,
32, 134, 195
- overhearers (communicative role),
76, 78, 146
P
- para-telic meta-motivational state.
See meta-motivational state, para-telic
- perception,
96, 98, 101–2, 110, 115, 265, 270–71, 275, 277
- perceptual symbols,
34–35
- personalities,
27, 31, 46–47, 243, 245–46, 250, 266, 275, 277–81–88
- person schemas,
33, 44, 46–47, 182, 224, 240, 245, 255
- perspective,
3, 7, 15, 19, 22–23, 41, 49, 86, 89, 91, 95–96
- plausibility,
54, 83, 116, 149, 160, 164, 166, 193–96, 271
- play(ing),
8, 10, 19, 25, 38–39, 43, 48, 91, 107, 113–15
- playfulness,
26, 38, 70, 113, 227–28
- play theories of humour,
113–119, 270
- power,
36, 135, 198, 217, 243
- Priego-Valverde,
189, 236
- private mental models,
49–52, 63–68, 72, 74–75, 81–84, 98–99, 102–5, 109, 119–120, 122, 124, 268–72
- procedure schemas,
44, 264
- professional roles,
148–49, 153, 191, 246, 248, 250
- props,
14, 108, 132–34, 136, 190, 204–5, 275
- psychological reversals.
See reversals, psychological
- public mental models,
49–52, 62–68, 72–73, 77–78, 81–83, 96, 100–105, 109–10, 112–13, 116–18, 122, 124–25, 268–72
R
- racist,
3–5, 30, 51, 58–60, 64–66, 82–83, 188, 231–32, 241, 252, 258
- Ramachandran,
60, 92, 192–90
- Raskin,
16–17, 35, 97–98, 107–9, 112, 194, 270
- Red Nose Day,
12–13, 134, 159, 163, 165, 191, 242, 253, 259–60
- relevance,
1, 19, 53, 92, 185–86, 204
- relief, psychological,
81, 91–92, 95, 104, 204, 225, 269
- relief theories,
91–92, 115
- reversals, psychological,
39–40, 71, 124, 135, 193, 224, 232–33, 243, 277
- reversal theory,
10, 19, 39, 107, 115, 121, 124, 277
- role
- communicative.
See communicative roles
- professional.
See professional roles
- role identities,
8, 27, 46, 224, 243, 245–46, 248–49, 251, 254, 256, 266
- role identities in interaction,
248
- role performance,
27–30, 42–47, 49, 124, 127–28, 144–47, 154–55, 159–60, 166–68, 180–81, 194–98, 211, 245–46, 268–70, 274–75
- characters’,
41, 102, 155
- diminished,
128, 139, 153, 172, 216, 269–70
- role schemas,
36–37, 153, 249, 251, 260
S
- sarcasm,
178, 228, 252, 271
- schemas,
6, 33, 35, 110–11, 251, 262
- Scollon, R. and S.B.K.,
25–26, 32
- scripts,
16, 32, 97, 108, 110–11, 194
- self schemas,
44, 47, 60, 182, 246, 255, 257, 262, 275
- Semantic Script Theory of Humor (SSTH),
16, 108
- senders, collective.
See collective senders
- setting,
26, 28–29, 43–45, 70, 73–74, 128–30, 132–33, 142–43, 147, 190, 246–47, 273, 275
- Shultz,
35, 93, 97–98, 112
- sitcom,
1, 7–10, 13–14, 16–19, 22, 24–25, 41–43, 47, 70–75, 77, 89, 96–97, 102–4, 108, 160
- sitcom scenes as mental models,
7, 19, 22, 24, 29, 42, 48, 54, 69, 105, 145
- situation(al) model,
9, 33–34, 129
- situational contexts,
25, 27–31, 41, 43–44, 46–47, 49, 51, 61–62, 69–70, 79, 88, 109, 124, 127–29, 152–53, 198–99, 201, 249, 273–75
- situational prototypes,
32
- situation comedy,
1–2, 6, 8, 14–15, 19, 38, 43–44, 51, 113, 161, 165, 267, 271
- social roles,
28, 30, 36–37, 43–45, 71, 128, 130, 148–50, 152–54, 175, 190–91, 245–46, 249, 262–64, 275
- space,
9, 26, 44, 53, 129, 135–37, 139, 141, 275
- Spencer-Oatey,
44, 52, 173, 238, 274
- status,
137, 139, 144, 199, 212–13, 252, 275
- status face,
37, 135, 174, 217
- superiority,
81, 84–85, 91, 269
- superiority theories,
16, 84, 86, 89–91, 94, 113
- Swan,
3–7, 17–18, 23–24, 45–46, 57, 63–64, 72–73, 78, 85–86, 94, 136–37, 168, 172, 203–4, 211, 219, 254
- synergy,
107, 121, 123, 145, 160, 277
T
- telic meta-motivational state.
See meta-motivational state, telic
- templates, innate,
32, 134
- theory of mind.
See mind-reading skills
- Ting-Toomey,
37, 100–101, 168, 173–75, 211, 217, 226, 230, 246, 248
- Tomasello,
36–38, 41, 63, 90, 92, 117, 135, 168, 176, 198–93
- TV viewers/audience,
7–8, 21–24, 30–31, 38–39, 68–79, 88–89, 93–97, 102–5, 119–120, 123–24
U
- ultimate destination (communicative role),
72, 77, 145
- ultimate source (communicative role),
73, 127, 133, 145, 165
- universal human characteristics,
31, 61.;
See also human nature
V
- van Dijk,
3, 6, 8–10, 19, 22–23, 25–28, 32–34, 50, 52–53, 55, 57, 189, 267, 272–74, 276
W
- worldbusinessculture.com,
252
Z
- zooming,
55, 67, 187, 223–24, 243