Abstract:Aspirated sounds placed in a stream of talk prior to the onset of laughter are oriented to by interactants as minimal-equivocal laugh particles. These particles are available to carry out various interactional tasks, signalling an opportunity for co-participants to co-ordinate their laughter, to join in an episode of shared laughter for example. They may also contribute to keying actions as non-serious.The analysis of data from my corpus of French talk-in-interaction has revealed several instances of a voicele… Show more
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