@article{ART003323383},
author={Byun, Kyung-ga and Kim, Yune-jung},
title={Functions of Laughter and Pedagogical Implications in Self-Introduction Discourse - A Conversation Analytic Study of University Students’ Self-Introduction Presentations -},
journal={Korean Language & Literature},
issn={1229-1730},
year={2026},
number={132},
pages={465-489}
TY - JOUR
AU - Byun, Kyung-ga
AU - Kim, Yune-jung
TI - Functions of Laughter and Pedagogical Implications in Self-Introduction Discourse - A Conversation Analytic Study of University Students’ Self-Introduction Presentations -
JO - Korean Language & Literature
PY - 2026
VL - null
IS - 132
PB - Korean Language & Literature
SP - 465
EP - 489
SN - 1229-1730
AB - This study explores how laughter functions in university students’ self-introduction speeches and how it shapes speaker–audience relationships and discourse flow from a conversation-analytic perspective. Video-recorded self-introduction presentations were analyzed using Jefferson’s laughter transcription system, with “laughter episodes”-comprising laughter initiation, audience response, and the speaker’s subsequent adjustment-as the basic unit of analysis. The analysis focused on patterns of laughter uptake, interactional functions, and identity performance. The results show that laughter in self-introduction discourse can be classified into three types according to emotional alignment: laughter failure, in which emotionally weighted self-disclosure is not taken up by the audience; shared laughter, where light self-disclosure combined with laughter fosters emotional rapport; and audience-initiated laughter, in which the audience first laughs at situational events and the speaker aligns with this response to ease tension. Overall, laughter operates as a metacommunicative signal that guides how utterances are interpreted and influences subsequent discourse. These findings suggest that speech education should approach laughter as an affective and interactional resource rather than merely a humorous technique, emphasizing learners’ sensitivity to audience responses and their ability to adjust speech in real time.
KW - Self-introduction discourse;Laughter;Speech communication education;Communication education;Conversation analysis
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Byun, Kyung-ga and Kim, Yune-jung. (2026). Functions of Laughter and Pedagogical Implications in Self-Introduction Discourse - A Conversation Analytic Study of University Students’ Self-Introduction Presentations -. Korean Language & Literature, 132, 465-489.
Byun, Kyung-ga and Kim, Yune-jung. 2026, "Functions of Laughter and Pedagogical Implications in Self-Introduction Discourse - A Conversation Analytic Study of University Students’ Self-Introduction Presentations -", Korean Language & Literature, no.132, pp.465-489.
Byun, Kyung-ga, Kim, Yune-jung "Functions of Laughter and Pedagogical Implications in Self-Introduction Discourse - A Conversation Analytic Study of University Students’ Self-Introduction Presentations -" Korean Language & Literature 132 pp.465-489 (2026) : 465.
Byun, Kyung-ga, Kim, Yune-jung. Functions of Laughter and Pedagogical Implications in Self-Introduction Discourse - A Conversation Analytic Study of University Students’ Self-Introduction Presentations -. 2026; 132 : 465-489.
Byun, Kyung-ga and Kim, Yune-jung. "Functions of Laughter and Pedagogical Implications in Self-Introduction Discourse - A Conversation Analytic Study of University Students’ Self-Introduction Presentations -" Korean Language & Literature no.132(2026) : 465-489.
Byun, Kyung-ga; Kim, Yune-jung. Functions of Laughter and Pedagogical Implications in Self-Introduction Discourse - A Conversation Analytic Study of University Students’ Self-Introduction Presentations -. Korean Language & Literature, 132, 465-489.
Byun, Kyung-ga; Kim, Yune-jung. Functions of Laughter and Pedagogical Implications in Self-Introduction Discourse - A Conversation Analytic Study of University Students’ Self-Introduction Presentations -. Korean Language & Literature. 2026; 132 465-489.
Byun, Kyung-ga, Kim, Yune-jung. Functions of Laughter and Pedagogical Implications in Self-Introduction Discourse - A Conversation Analytic Study of University Students’ Self-Introduction Presentations -. 2026; 132 : 465-489.
Byun, Kyung-ga and Kim, Yune-jung. "Functions of Laughter and Pedagogical Implications in Self-Introduction Discourse - A Conversation Analytic Study of University Students’ Self-Introduction Presentations -" Korean Language & Literature no.132(2026) : 465-489.
