Publications
Publication details [#57342]
Adetunji, Akin. 2013. The interactional context of humor in Nigerian stand-up comedy. Pragmatics 23 (1) : 1–22.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
International Pragmatics Association
Journal DOI
10.1075/prag
Annotation
This analysis reveals that Nigerian stand-up comedy’s interactional purport, involving both comedian and audience in the production and consumption of humor, uniquely pivots upon the pragmatic strategy of code-alternation of (mainly) Nigerian Pidgin and the English Language.