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Exploring the Sociopragmatics of Online Humor
Villy Tsakona
[Topics in Humor Research 12] 2024
► pp. 39–65

Chapter 2
Humorous and non-humorous interpretations of attempts at humor – or why humor may fail

Article outline
  • 2.1Introductory remarks
  • 2.2Metapragmatics and the study of humor
  • 2.3On humor failure and success
  • 2.4Humor failure and the Discourse Theory of Humor
  • 2.5The data of the case study
  • 2.6Data analysis
  • 2.7Discussion
  • 2.8Summary
  • Notes
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