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La producción de significado y la construcción de la identidad social en el uso humorístico del lenguaje

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Abstract

This article examines interactional spontaneous humorous remarks (ocurrencias) in Spanish. 680 hours of natural conversational data from a group of Colombian graduate students were collected and transcribed using observational methods from an ethnographic approach. By examining conversational joking among participants, this study provides a detailed description of humorous remarks forms and functions within social interactions in informal contexts. Results show that participants use humorous remarks to both establish their own hierarchical position in the group, as well as regulate their relationships and the interaction itself. Therefore, it is argued that beyond humor, these remarks play a role as discourse markers since they guide the process of meaning and identity construction by the subjects.

Anexo 1

Convenciones usadas en las transcripciones

Con algunas modificaciones, las convenciones usadas se basan fundamentalmente en Jefferson (2004), mejor conocido como “Jefferson Transcription System.”

( )=Indica un segmento no comprensible del discurso producido.
(palabra) =Indica un segmento que en algunos casos es difícil de comprender. La versión en paréntesis indica la mejor aproximación que la investigadora pudo entender.
[ ]=Paréntesis cuadrados indican fragmentos que se sobreponen en la interacción.
[riendo] =Explicaciones entre paréntesis cuadrados indican notas para aclarar el contexto o expresiones paralingüísticas que acompañan el discurso.
=palabra
palabra ==El signo igual indica que no hay pausa entre lo que dicen dos hablantes
Palabra
Palabra =Indican interrupción del discurso por parte de algún participante.
Palabra
Palabra =Indica simultaneidad en la producción de dos discursos.
/ =Indica una brusca interrupción en el discurso de un participante de la interacción.
: =Indica alargamiento.
:: =Doble alargamiento.
→ =Indica a quién el interlocutor se dirige específicamente.
¡¡palabra!! =Indica énfasis en la exclamación que se produce.
MAYÚSCULAS =Indican que lo dicho se produce en voz alta, casi gritando.
((risas)) =Indican la intensidad de las risas
Ocurrencia =Todas las ocurrencias se transcriben en itálicas y negritas.

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