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Multimodality and Cognitive Linguistics
  • ISSN 1877-9751
  • E-ISSN: 1877-976X

Abstract

The paper presents the analysis of the humor found in four dyadic conversations. The results of the conversational data match those of previous studies (Pickering et al., 2009): no differences were found in volume or speech-rate between humorous pause units and non-humorous ones. Similarly, pauses were not found to mark humorous turns. However, the result that punch-lines showed lower pitch than non-humorous parts of the text was not replicated: humorous pause units showed no significant differences in pitch from non-humorous ones. Smiling is found to mark humor only in a general sense of “setting the frame” and is not integrated (i.e., co-extensive) with the humor.

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2013-01-01
2024-12-04
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  • Article Type: Research Article
Keyword(s): conversation; humor; laughter; multimodality; prosody; smiling
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