An Analysis of the Roles of Laughter in BBC Life Story Interview

• 作者: 邢静怡
• 来源期刊: 海外英语
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: LAUGHTER life STORY INTERVIEW CONVERSATIONAL analy
• 年，卷（期）: 2013,（3X）
• 页码范围: 247-249
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: H313

摘要

Laughter enables interview to go smoothly,and is considered as a symbol of successful communication in life story interview.Basing on Gail Jefferson’s method of transcription,this paper transcribed ten cases of laughter from one BBC interview with John Maeda and aims to analyze the roles of laughter.Through close observation,this paper concludes three findings.First,in life story interview,topics on family members will induce greater possibility of laughter;second,in most cases,the interviewer will laugh following the interviewee’s laughter;third,laughter is not only taken as the acknowledgement token,but also taken as the evasion strategy.

作者信息

序号	姓名	单位	发文数	被引次数	H指数	G指数
1	邢静怡	海南大学外国语学院	6	2	1.0	1.0