El humor verbal frente a los procedimientos de face-work
Verbal Humour vs. Interactional Face-work

Summary/Abstract: The objective of the study is to analyze some peculiarities of verbal humour from the perspective of the so-called face-work (Brown and Levinson, 1978; 1987). The concept of interactional positioning refers to certain questions about the relationship between humorous practices and the (re)configuration of interpersonal territory. Hence, the extent to which manifestations of verbal humour as jokes or ritual insults can be ‘threatening’ or ‘valorizing’ to the faces of the interlocutors is explored. The situational and contextual parameters that may jeopardize the development of interaction are also reflected on.

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