Interactional humour and spontaneity in TV documentaries

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F17%3A00096127" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/17:00096127 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2017.04.007" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2017.04.007</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2017.04.007" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.lingua.2017.04.007</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Interactional humour and spontaneity in TV documentaries

Original language description

This article investigates spontaneous humour-related phenomena in TV documentary, arguing that their presence helps to overcome the scripted nature of the genre. Focusing on the diegetic level of interaction between the presenter and other individuals present in the scene, the analysis traces how the interlocutors achieve mutual in-tune-ness that is necessary for setting up the play frame. It pays attention to several humour-related phenomena, including non-humorous laughter, joint joking and physical pranks. The findings indicate that while laughter can alleviate tension associated with face-threat or personal failure, other forms of humour emerge in the diegetic frame as part of the programme producers’ design to divert from the transactional mode of factual television to a more entertaining hybrid format based on a significant experiential component. As a result, TV viewers do not simply receive information but derive pleasure from the playful spontaneity performed for their benefit by the presenter and other interlocutors.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60203 - Linguistics

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Lingua

ISSN

0024-3841

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

197

Issue of the periodical within the volume

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Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

34-49

UT code for WoS article

000411780200004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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