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- doi: 10.1016/j.langcom.2016.09.004
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Conversation Humour Pragmatics French Australian EnglishSujets proches
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Christine Béal et al., « The pragmatics of conversational humour in social visits: French and Australian English », HAL-SHS : linguistique, ID : 10.1016/j.langcom.2016.09.004
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This study on conversational humour in French and Australian English investigates how speakers use humour spontaneously in naturally occurring conversations during social visits among friends. Following the four dimensional model outlined in Béal and Mullan (2013), this paper focuses on the speaker/target/recipient interplay and the various prag- matic functions of conversational humour in a number of representative examples from the two languages-cultures. For example, Australians show a marked preference for recipient-oriented humour, creating complicity with the other participants by threatening another’s face for the sake of humour. French speakers on the other hand, prefer to rein- force complicity at the expense of an absent third party via third-party oriented humour.