Ep3 Having Language, Having Humour with Salvatore Attardo

This episode is a three-way conversation about Salvatore Attardo's time in Texas and how he got there, shaped by a lifetime of humour research and curiosity about linguistics. Salvatore 'Sal' Attardo, PhD (Purdue, 1991), is a professor of Linguistics at Texas A&M University-Commerce. His books include Linguistic Theories of Humor, (DeGruyter, 1994), Humorous Texts (DeGruyter, 2001), and The Linguistics of Humour: An Introduction (Oxford UP; 2020. He edited HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research (2002-2011), the Encyclopedia of Humor Studies (Sage, 2014) and the Handbook of Language and Humor (Routledge, 2017). His latest books are Pragmatics and its applications to TESOL and SLA, (Wiley, 2021), Humor 2.0: How the Internet Changed Humor (Anthem Press, 2023) and Eye Tracking in Linguistics (Bloomsbury, 2023), both co-authored with Lucy Pickering. For Salvatore's academic profile go to: https://www.etamu.edu/people/salvator... His substack, 'Joyous Writing', is available here: https://joyouswriting.substack.com/ Your hosts for this episode are Ben Nickl and Michael Haugh. Ben works on technologies of humour, like laughter, and is the research director for the AHSN. Michael is a professor of linguistics and applied linguistics whose research interests lie primarily in the study of language use in context, with a particular focus on language in social interaction. Acknowledgement of Country: We would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners and custodians of the lands on which the University of Sydney has been built, and which were taken from them without their consent, treaty or compensation. Most episodes of this podcast were recorded on this land. This land has always been a learning space for many Aboriginal nations, and as teachers and students, and people of all kinds of origins, we can draw strength and guidance from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge, one of the oldest knowledge systems in the world. Production details: Edited by Digital Media Unit (DMU) staff: Dominique Altamura | Digital Technology Officer, Production Assistant Tyler Mahoney | Digital Technology Officer, Media Production Get in touch with us: Want to come on as a guest or co-host, or get in touch about something else? Simply email ⁠⁠benjamin.nickl@sydney.edu.au⁠⁠ (mailto:benjamin.nickl@sydney.edu.au) (AHSN research coordinator and ‘Cutting Edge’ host), visit the AHSN website ⁠⁠https://ahsnhumourstudies.org/⁠⁠  and follow/subscribe to us on Facebook ⁠⁠  / ⁠⁠  , YouTube ⁠⁠   / @ahsnconference⁠⁠or   Twitter/X @AHSN_Humour.