Conversational humor as an emergent property of context

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ID6013541
AuthorsSalvatore Attardo (0000-0003-1578-4242, East Texas A&M University, Commerce, USA, corresponding author), Béatrice Priego-Valverde (0009-0001-1026-1242, CNRS, LPL, Aix Marseille Universite, Aix-en-Provence, France)
Year2025
Volume28
Issue3
Pages369-385
Publication date2025-10-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-4456 • E-ISSN: 1461-7080
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/14614456251369994
OpenAlexW4415000420
LanguageEN
References cited24

In this position paper, we suggest that unplanned conversational humor should be considered an emergent property of context, defined as the dynamic mental representation of the situation in which the interactants find themselves, and that it is soft assembled in many cases, rather than negotiated, that is, there is no assumption of cooperation or even coordination among the interactants. Conversational humor may be negotiated or jointly constructed, as commonly assumed in the literature, but it may also be an interactional contingency, that is, an unpredictable event that needs to be accommodated, rather than coordinated

Humor Studies and Applications · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

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