出版社：Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
摘要：In her recent book, Nancy Bell has taken up a novel and promising area of research, namely the topic of failed humour. This work represents the first comprehensive study dedicated to failed humour, placing it in the broader category of miscommunication. Bell describes the different levels of interaction on which humour can fail, the strategies that speakers and hearers use to avoid and manage failure, and last but not least brings to the fore the important role humour plays in social action.
