Title: Having the last laugh: on post-completion laughter particles
Abstract: Pioneering work by Gail Jefferson has led the way to
approaching laughter as a bounded and ordered interactional phenomenon. Laughter can be seen as
more than an uncontrollable expression of amusement, and instead something which is used with
precision, in order to accomplish specific interactional goals. Episodes of shared laughter are shown to be highly ordered events
which are co-ordinated by recipients in relation to the rhythmic pulses of laughter. Rather than just recording when laughter occurs, Jefferson has shown the value of
paying specific attention to the exact placement of laughter in particular words, as well as the
prosodic features of laughter. Recent work has
further exemplified the analytic mileage which is afforded through paying attention to the precise
placement of laughter.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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