That match was “a bit like losing your virginity”. Failed humour, face and identity construction in TV interviews with professional athletes and coaches
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2018.10.012
Abstract: Abstract This paper explores the under-researched topic of failed humour in the context of public-facing media interactions. While most previous pragmatics research has focused on the support strategies employed by conversational partners when classifying humour… read more here.
Keywords: failed humour; interviews professional; public facing; identity ... See more keywords