Humour and irony at work: the case of Grey’s Anatomy

The present paper endeavours to probe into the way humorous exchanges among the protagonists in the TV series ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ become a resourceful tool in the delineation of social identity and interpersonal rapports at work. The pragmatic analysis of several conversations unfolding in the medical...

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Main Author: Daniela Sorea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti 2008-01-01
Series:Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://bwpl.unibuc.ro/index.pl/humour_and_irony_at_work_the_case_of_greys_anatomy