Publications

Publication details [#56294]

Clift, Rebecca. 2012. Identifying action: Laughter in non-humorous reported speech. Journal of Pragmatics 44 (10) : 1303–1312.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

action | humor | laughter | pragmatics | reported speech

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This article on laughter in the specific sequential context of direct reported speech which in itself is not humorous, unveils the central role of laughter in the construction of this proper action.