'You'll Love This One...' An Exploration Into Joke-Prefacing Devices  

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Cashion, Joan L. ; Cody, Michael J. ; Erickson, Keith V.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Language and Social Psychology (Full Text) vol. 5 no. 4 (Dec. 1986), page 303.
Fulltext: Journal of Language and Social Psychology-1986-Cashion-303-12.pdf (650.27KB)

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Humour is an important social phenomenon. Humorous people are likely to be perceived as spontaneous, honest and likeable (Kane, Suls & Tedeschi, 1972), and the tactical use of humour can enhance a speaker’s persuasiveness and credibility, reduce tension, demonstrate solidarity, and provide pleasure (Civikly, 1983; Gruner, 1978). Generally, studies of humour have focused on theories of hiinour appreciation applied to incongruity resolution, arousal reduction and superiority (McGhee & Goldstein, 1983; Suls, 1983; Wicker etal., 1981; Zillmann, 1983). However, little is known about humour types, social functions, or intro- ductions. Since most joke recountings function to promote ‘positive face’ (Brown & Levinson, 1978), it is highly probable that jokes are adapted to audiences by preface devices which explicitly affirm their purpose as a means of gaining positive face. How humour is prefaced, then, may reflect its social function. Thus, this paper explores joke-prefacing devices and joke types, and how both relate to perceptions of amusement, offensiveness, and speaker insensitivity.

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