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Preface |
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Chapter 1 Approaching the multimodal study of conversational humor |
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1.1 Why a multimodal study of conversational humor? |
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1.2 The field of humor studies |
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1.2.1 The linguistics of humor |
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1.2.2 Cognitive linguistics and humor |
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1.3 The study of conversational humor |
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1.3.2 Defining and identifying conversational humor |
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1.4 The study of humor markers |
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1.4.1 Terminological issues in the study of humor markers |
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1.4.2 Prosodic cues of humor |
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1.4.3 Laughter as a humor cue |
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1.5 Scope and organization of the volume |
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Chapter 2 Performing conversational humor multimodally -- an overview |
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2.2 Researching the multimodal performance of conversational humor |
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2.2.1 Data collection setting and instruments |
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2.2.3 Data collection procedure |
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2.3 Individual smiling behavior |
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2.4 Joint negotiation and co-construction of the humorous frame |
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2.5 Smiling dialogic synergy |
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2.6.1 Gaze aversion and conversational humor |
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2.6.2 Gaze to the mouth and conversational irony |
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Chapter 3 Individual smiling behavior |
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3.2 Smiling as a social emotional expression |
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3.2.1 Smiling within the Basic Emotion Theory (BET) |
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3.2.2 Smiling within the Behavioral Ecology View (BEV) |
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3.2.3 Smiling within the Theory of Affective Pragmatics (TAP) |
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3.3 The study of smiling intensity |
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3.3.1 Facial Action Coding System (FACS) |
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3.3.2 Smiling intensity scales |
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3.4.1 Duchenne display and phony smiles |
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3.5 Individual smiling behavior and conversational humor |
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3.5.1 Smiling intensity during humorous and non-humorous discourse |
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3.5.2 Smiling intensity in English and Spanish |
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3.5.3 Smiling intensity by males and females |
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3.5.4 Smiling intensity across types of humor |
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3.5.5 Smiling intensity across conversational roles |
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Chapter 4 Smiling patterns and dialogical smiling synergy |
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4.2 Social cognitive theories of interactional behavior |
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4.2.1 Behavioral alignment, synchron(icit)y, and coupling |
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4.2.2 From alignment to synergy |
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4.2.3 Embodied cognition and facial displays |
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4.3 Analyzing smiling patterns and synchronicity during humorous discourse |
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4.4 Smiling patterns during humorous discourse |
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4.4.1 Framing smiling pattern |
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4.4.2 Accommodation gesture |
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4.4.3 Deadpan deliveries of humor |
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4.4.4 Peak smiling pattern |
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4.5 Smiling synchronicity |
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5.2 The study of eye movements |
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5.2.1 Brief history of eye-tracking |
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5.2.2 How people look at faces |
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5.2.3 Social eye-tracking |
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5.3 Social, affective, and cognitive functions of gaze |
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5.3.1 The processing of written irony |
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5.3.2 Eye movements and humor |
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5.4 Social eye-tracking for conversational humor |
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5.4.1 Gaze to the interlocutor's smiling facial areas: Eyes and mouth |
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5.4.2 Gaze to the interlocutor's eyes or mouth |
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5.4.3 The effect of conversational role on gaze |
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5.5 Linear mixed model analyses |
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5.5.1 Gaze duration and smiling facial areas (eyes and mouth together) |
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5.5.2 Gaze duration to the interlocutor's mouth or eyes |
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5.5.3 Fixation duration and humor |
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Chapter 6 Failed conversational humor |
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6.2 What is failed humor? |
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6.2.1 Models and empirical studies on failed humor |
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6.2.2 Failed humor: Cues, signals, and responses |
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6.3 Multimodal cues of failed conversational humor |
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6.3.1 Failed humor as misalignment |
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6.3.2 Failed humor understanding |
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6.3.2 Failed humor appreciation or agreement |
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6.3.3 Joint failed humor appreciation |
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Chapter 7 Conclusions: Looking backwards and looking forward |
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7.2 How conversational humor is performed multimodally |
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7.2.1 The multimodal performance of successful punchlines |
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7.2.2 The multimodal performance of successful jablines |
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7.2.3 The multimodal performance of successful ironic comments |
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7.2.4 The multimodal performance of failed humor |
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7.3 Implications for applied humor research |
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7.3.1 How smiling supports the negotiation of the humorous framing |
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7.3.2 How gaze supports the negotiation of the humorous framing |
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7.4 Limitations and future research directions |
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7.4.1 Towards a multimodal theory of humor performance |
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References |
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Appendix A Research protocol |
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Appendix B Individual smiling intensity by Dyad |
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Appendix C Demographic questionnaire |
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Appendix D Jokes in English and Spanish |
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Index |
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