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Publication details [#36827]

Mulkay, Michael. 1988. On humour, its nature and its place in modern society. Polity Press. 232 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversational analysis | humor | language and society | laughter | sociology

Annotation

This book discusses the complex phenomenon of humor, its nature, and its place in modern society from various sociological perspectives, using, for instance, the methods of conversation analysis, the framework of functional analysis, and symbolic interactionist assumptions.

Reviewed by

Davies, Christie. 1990. Review of $On humour, its nature and its place in modern society.