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Non-serious Teasing in Multi-Party Face-to-Face Interactions
WEI Jiahuan, ZENG Xianghong
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2021.12.002
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Teasing, a vehicle usually accomplished through denigrating or ridiculing others, has been the object of a considerable amount of research. In this paper, we tend to delve into two non-serious teasing, specifically, jocular mockery and jocular flattery: One occurs through diminishing something of relevance and the other occurs by elevating others. This paper adopts the methodology of conversational analysis from pragmatics, aiming to disclose how these two forms of non-serious teasing are interactionally accomplished. The current study focuses on the context of multi-party face-to-face interactions in two renowned Chinese reality shows, in a bid to contribute to the current teasing research across various sociocultural contexts. The main concerns of the research are mainly around three respects: what occasions jocular mockery and jocular flattery respectively; what are the similarities and differences of these two forms; what functions can these two kinds achieve.
non-serious teasing, jocular flattery, jocular mockery, reality shows
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