Download or read book We Are Not Amused written by Nancy Bell and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Placing failed humor within the broader category of miscommunication and drawing on a range of conversational data, this text represents the first comprehensive study of failed humor. It provides a framework for classifying the types of failure that can occur, examines the strategies used by both speakers and hearers to avoid and manage failure, and highlights the crucial role humor plays in social identity and relationship management.