{"product_id":"funny-ha-ha-or-funny-strange-von-linda-houts-smith","title":"Funny Ha-Ha or Funny Strange?","description":"\u003cp\u003eLaughter studies so far have lacked an  interdisciplinary approach, hindering the  integration of results.  Work in philosophy focuses  on why we laugh but lacks a basis in empirical data.  Studies in neuroscience and linguistics rest on  empirical data, but do not fully describe the  phenomenon of laughter.  This study describes both  the nature of the laughable and  laughter''s integration into conversations.  It  addresses the problem by analyzing eight  conversations.  The results suggest laughter is  integrated into the broader structure of  conversation.  It follows regular turn-taking  structure in two types of adjacency pairs: 1)  laughable-laugh, and 2)laugh-laugh.  Laughter is  also integrated into conversation as backchannel and  as a speaker discourse marker.  The nature of the  laughable is incongruity.  Incongruous utterances  result from various techniques that present  propositional content in an unreal way or consist of  propositional content itself that is unreal.   Understanding incongruity as an expression of the  unreal interrelates various studies and theories of laughter.  This book may appeal to philosophers, linguists, and humorists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783838321318\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Structure and Meaning of Laughter in Conversation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783838321318","offer_id":39469195755613,"sku":"9783838321318","price":59.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/ddfb0354-a403-4b8c-890b-ca0ae42cde14.jpg?v=1757742173","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/funny-ha-ha-or-funny-strange-von-linda-houts-smith","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}