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Publication details [#5171]
Jefferson, Gail. 1979. A technique for inviting laughter and its subsequent acceptance declination. In Psathas, George, ed. Everyday language: Studies in ethnomethodology. Irvington Publishers. pp. 79–96.
Annotation
J. focuses on one of several ways in which a participant may invite laughter: The placement, by a speaker, of a laugh upon completion of an utterance. She studies how the recipient accepts or declines the invitation.