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Looney, Stephen Daniel; He, Yingliang – Classroom Discourse, 2021
This paper investigates the use of laughter and smiling to manage (dis)affiliation during two types of disturbances in the interactional unfolding of classrooms: delayed and disaligning responses. The analysis reveals that the sequential position and embodied turn design are integral to understanding the (dis)affiliative work laughter and smiling…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Humor, Nonverbal Communication