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Vocabulary
giddiness
1. Does the highlighted sentence mean "we laugh with a feeling of glee, scorn, or giddiness" i.e. "when we laugh we have a feeling of glee, scorn, or giddiness"?
2. Does "giddiness" here mean "foolishness"?
Context:
As Morreall explains: ‘There is no one theory of laughter; some classify laughter as emotion, and others a behavior.’14 However, Morreall does connect laughter with emotion, as he says ‘we laugh with glee, scorn, or giddiness’.
2. Does "giddiness" here mean "foolishness"?
Context:
As Morreall explains: ‘There is no one theory of laughter; some classify laughter as emotion, and others a behavior.’14 However, Morreall does connect laughter with emotion, as he says ‘we laugh with glee, scorn, or giddiness’.
Top answer
My interpretation is that the emotions experienced prompt the laughter, rather than the laughter being a behaviour in itself. We laugh when we are really pleased (glee) and when we are being cruel at others' expense (scorn). As far as the 'giddiness' is concerned, it refers to the childlike happiness that we get when everything is wildly exciting, perhaps reminiscent of feeling giddy (dizzy) and out-of-control.
- My interpretation is that the emotions experienced prompt the laughter, rather than the laughter being a behaviour in itself.
- We laugh when we are really pleased (glee) and when we are being cruel at others' expense (scorn).
- As far as the 'giddiness' is concerned, it refers to the childlike happiness that we get when everything is wildly exciting, perhaps reminiscent of feeling giddy (dizzy) and out-of-control.
- It's a pure joy that you could get from being tickled, having a very silly pillow fight or suchlike!
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My interpretation is that the emotions experienced prompt the laughter, rather than the laughter being a behaviour in itself.
We laugh when we are really pleased (glee) and when we are being cruel at others' expense (scorn). As far as the 'giddiness' is concerned, it refers to the childlike happiness that we get when everything is wildly exciting, perhaps reminiscent of feeling giddy (dizzy)
We laugh when we are really pleased (glee) and when we are being cruel at others' expense (scorn). As far as the 'giddiness' is concerned, it refers to the childlike happiness that we get when everything is wildly exciting, perhaps reminiscent of feeling giddy (dizzy)
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