Laughter and Image’s Menacing Acts

 

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Autore: Bolaños Carpio, Alexa
Natura: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Data di pubblicazione:2016
Descrizione:This article examines laughter as a politeness strategy when it appears in face-threatening acts. The data comes from a video-recorded and naturally occurring interaction from the everyday context between three close friends. Eighty-one instances of laughter were found in face-threatening acts such as conversational inappropriateness, risky statements, criticism, and disagreement. The pragmalinguistic analysis reveals that the laughther appeared in face-threatening acts works as politeness strategy while strengthening social face, mitigating a potential attack or reinforcing a face threatening.
Stato:Portal de Revistas UCR
Istituzione:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lingua:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/26118
Accesso online:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling/article/view/26118
Keyword:laughter
politeness strategy
social face
face-threatening acts
pragmalinguistics
risa
estrategia de cortesía
imagen social
actos amenazantes de imagen
pragmalingüística