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The Linguistics of Laughter (English, Alan Partington)
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The Linguistics of Laughter examines what speakers try to achieve by producing 'laughter-talk' (the talk preceding and eliciting an episode of laughter) and, by using abundant examples from language corpora, what hearers are signalling when they produce laughter. In particular, Alan Partington focuses on the tactical use of laughter-talk to achieve specific rhetorical, and strategic, ends: for example, to construct an identity, to make an argumen…
ISBN: 9780415544078
Specifications
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Language | English |
| ISBN-13 | 9780415544078 |
| ISBN-10 | 0415544076 |
| Author | Alan Partington |
