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Publication details [#25596]
Norrick, Neal R. 1994. Involvement and joking in conversation. Journal of Pragmatics 22 (3/4) : 409–430. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0378-2166
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Annotation
This paper examines the relation between involvement and everyday conversational joking which can either disrupt or nurture coherence. It is argued that even agressive forms of joking reframe the interaction as play and hence end up demonstrating coparticipation and modulating involvement.