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Humor has long attracted scholarly interest in many academic disciplines, such as linguistics, psychology, anthropology, cultural studies, etc. Among the various types of humor,  wúlítóu  ‘nonsense’ has greatly influenced Taiwanese’s sense of humor. Based on previous studies on the concept of  wúlítóu  ‘nonsense’ (e.g.,  Tan 2000 ;  Jiang 2004 ;  Chueh 2006 ;  Yen 2009 ;  Tao 2010 ), this study further examines its social-pragmatic functions in Taiwanese verbal interactions, as well as the discourse strategies used to construct it. The methodological approaches used for analysis are informed by conversation analysis, multimodal discourse analysis and interactional linguistics. Major findings are: (a) There are three discourse strategies frequently used to construct  wúlítóu  ‘nonsense’:  theatrical performance ,  fictional episode  and  dramatic expression/code . (b) Taiwanese’s frequent use of  wúlítóu  ‘nonsense’ shows not only their playful attitudes towards their life, but also their dealing with the pressures in life with  xiǎoquèxìng  ‘the pleasure coming from trivial, but exact daily things’.

A socio-pragmatic analysis of wúlítóu ‘nonsense’ in Taiwanese verbal interactions