The dynamics of interactional humor : creating and negotiating humor in everyday encounters / edited by Villy Tsakona, Democritus University of Thrace ; Jan Chovanec, Masaryk University, Brno.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Investigating the dynamics of humor: towards a theory of interactional humor / Jan Chovanec and Villy Tsakona -- Designing humor in oral interactions. Reactions to jab lines in conversational storytelling / Rania Karachaliou and Argiris Archakis -- Discourse markers as guides to understanding spontaneous humor and irony / Ksenia Shilikhina -- The pragmatics of humor in bilingual conversations / Marianthi Georgalidou and Hasan Kaili -- Laughing at you or laughing with you? humor negotiation in intercultural stand-up comedy / Margherita Dore -- Teasing as audience engagement: setting up the unexpected during television comedy monologues / Sarah Seewoester Cain -- Designing humor in mediated interactions. Laughter and non-humorous situations in TV documentaries / Jan Chovanec -- "Cool children" and "super seniors" cross into youth language: humorous constructions of youthfulness in Greek family sitcoms / Theodora P. Saltidou and Anastasia G. Stamou -- No child's play: a philosophical pragmatic view of overt pretense as a vehicle for conversational humor / Marta Dynel -- Online joint fictionalization / Villy Tsakona -- On-line humorous representations of the 2015 Greek national elections: acting and interacting about politics on social media / Anna Piata -- Positive non-humorous effects of humor on the internet / Francisco Yus.

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