"The Pragmatics of Humour across Discourse Domains" . "The article extends the application of the mechanics of conversational humour from everyday conversations to written mass media texts. It argues that such an approach is made possible by the dialogic structure of some texts, despite the lack of spontaneity and authenticity that is found in casual conversations and that appears implicit in many definitions of conversational humour. Identifying instances of quasi-conversational verbal exchange in the novel journalistic genre of live text commentary, the article points out that humour in such written texts is achieved cooperatively between different voices present in the text, i.e. the journalist\u2019s voice and the authentic voices of selected readers whose emails are cited in the text of the commentary. A close analysis reveals that within the commentary, quasi-conversational segments constitute a special narrative layer that is characterised by its orientation to gossip and which includes frequent elements of humour."@en . "978-90-272-5614-0" . . "[40027A710DB6]" . . . "Amsterdam and Philadelphia" . "conversational humour; computer-mediated communication (CMC); natural conversation; scripted dialogue; live text commentary; teasing; banter; retort; mock putdown; live blogging; blog"@en . "Humour in quasi-conversations: Constructing fun in online sports journalism"@en . . . . . "202997" . "Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 210" . . . "1"^^ . "1"^^ . "V" . . . "22"^^ . . "Humour in quasi-conversations: Constructing fun in online sports journalism" . "RIV/00216224:14210/11:00051424" . "14210" . "The article extends the application of the mechanics of conversational humour from everyday conversations to written mass media texts. It argues that such an approach is made possible by the dialogic structure of some texts, despite the lack of spontaneity and authenticity that is found in casual conversations and that appears implicit in many definitions of conversational humour. Identifying instances of quasi-conversational verbal exchange in the novel journalistic genre of live text commentary, the article points out that humour in such written texts is achieved cooperatively between different voices present in the text, i.e. the journalist\u2019s voice and the authentic voices of selected readers whose emails are cited in the text of the commentary. A close analysis reveals that within the commentary, quasi-conversational segments constitute a special narrative layer that is characterised by its orientation to gossip and which includes frequent elements of humour." . "RIV/00216224:14210/11:00051424!RIV12-MSM-14210___" . . . . "Humour in quasi-conversations: Constructing fun in online sports journalism"@en . . . . . . "Chovanec, Jan" . . . "382"^^ . "Humour in quasi-conversations: Constructing fun in online sports journalism" . "John Benjamins Publishing Company" . .