Publications

Publication details [#56645]

Yoong, David. 2012. The case of humor in the Malaysian House of Representatives. Humor 25 (3) : 263–283.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

acceptability | discursive practice | humor | parliamentary debate | question

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.de/journals/order/en.start.html

Annotation

Exploring examples of humor during strictly regulated Question Time in the Malaysian House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat), this article accounts for the terms that make humor (un)acceptable disorderly practices in this specific context.