Publications

Publication details [#43976]

Ervin-Tripp, Susan M. and Martin Lampert. 2006. Risky laughter: Teasing and self-directed joking among male and female friends. Journal of Pragmatics 38 (1) : 51–72.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

gender | humor | teasing

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This paper on the interpretation of humor in mixed gender conversation, discusses how one may avoid risky laughter, such as other-directed teases and self-targeted humor, out of fear of generating or reinforcing undesirable assumptions.