Publications

Publication details [#59093]

Acuña Ferreira, Virginia. 2014. Gossip as indirect mockery in friendly conversation: The social functions of ‘sharing a laugh’ at third parties. Discourse Studies 16 (5) : 607–628.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

competition | gossip | laughter | mocking | social relationship

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper discusses how third party gossip as indirect mockery in friendly female Galician student conversation is not necessarily free of venom and competitiveness.