Publications

Publication details [#45689]

Coates, Jennifer. 2007. Talk in a play frame: More on laughter and intimacy. Journal of Pragmatics 39 (1) : 29–49.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

cooperation | everyday conversation | frame | intimacy | laughter

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This article examines the relationships between laughter and intimacy in everyday informal conversations, arguing, in the line of Bateson, that conversational humour comprises the construction of a ‘play frame’ and that, in essence, playful talk is collaborative.