Publications

Publication details [#13286]

Vincent Marrelli, Jocelyne. 1994. On Non-Serious Talk: Some Cross-Cultural Remarks on the (Un)importance of (not) Being Earnest. In Parret, Herman, ed. Pretending to Communicate. (Foundations of communication and cognition). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 253–275.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversational analysis | mocking | sincerity

Language as a subject

English, British | Italian

Annotation

This paper examines the notion of seriousness/non-seriousness in talk and characterizes non-playful and playful non-seriousness. Comparison is made between British and Italian cultural styles.