In this episode of Academia Lite, Sean and Zak get into two thought-provoking papers:

- eSports–Competitive sports or recreational activity by Hallmann, K., & Giel, T.

- Mock impoliteness, jocular mockery and jocular abuse in Australian and British English by Haugh, M., & Bousfield, D

Examining the irregular, the surprising and the downright funny of each paper, there is something for the academic in all of us.

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* Hallmann, K., & Giel, T. (2018). eSports–Competitive sports or recreational activity?. Sport management review, 21(1), 14-20. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1441352317300700

* Haugh, M., & Bousfield, D. (2012). Mock impoliteness, jocular mockery and jocular abuse in Australian and British English. Journal of Pragmatics, 44(9), 1099-1114. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378216612000422