Conversation Analysis of Boke-tsukkomi Exchange in Japanese Comedy

Abstract

This article analyses and discusses what Japanese comical exchange called boke-tsukkomi is like and how it draws laughter. Conversation analysis and incongruity resolution are used as methods for the examination of the boke-tsukkomi examples. This paper will lend itself to further research on the dyadic exchange in the cross cultural context.

Keywords

• boke-tsukkomi; manzai; comedy and humour; CA (Conversation Analysis); IR (Incongruity Resolution)