TY - GEN AU - Bell,Nancy TI - We Are Not Amused : Failed Humor in Interaction SN - 9781501501586;9781501501647 PY - 2015///0330 PB - De Gruyter Mouton KW - Sociolinguistics KW - bicssc KW - Linguistics N1 - Open Access N2 - Placing failed humor within the broader category of miscommunication and drawing on a range of conversational data, this text represents the first comprehensive study of failed humor. It provides a framework for classifying the types of failure that can occur, examines the strategies used by both speakers and hearers to avoid and manage failure, and highlights the crucial role humor plays in social identity and relationship management UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25216/1/1004877.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25216/1/1004877.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25216/1/1004877.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25216/1/1004877.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28982 ER -