DYNAMICS OF TELLING JOKES IN PLAUTUS. THE CASE OF THE SELF-REPAIR ROUTINE
DYNAMICS OF TELLING JOKES IN PLAUTUS. THE CASE OF THE SELF-REPAIR ROUTINE
Author(s): Łukasz BergerSubject(s): Social history, Ancient World, Ancient Philosphy
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: joke; dialogue; Plautus; jocular routine; humour; laughter; repair sequence;
Summary/Abstract: This article concerns one recurrent type of conversational joke in Plautus, which consists of three different steps: (1) some problematic formulation by the joke-teller, (2) a request for an explanation by the interlocutor, and (3) a punchline. Using Conversation Analysis methods, the paper describes how the joke-telling routine is responded to by its in-play recipient(s).
Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
- Issue Year: XXXIII/2023
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 5-25
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English
