Conversational Humour and (Im)politeness
A pragmatic analysis of social interaction
Valeria Sinkeviciute
Conversational Humour and (Im)politeness is the first systematic study that offers a socio-pragmatic perspective on humorous practices such as teasing, mockery and taking the piss and their relation to (im)politeness. Analysing data from corpora, reality television and interviews in Australian and British cultural... full description