Communicative Functions of 'Ha Ha Ha' in Four World Englishes Corpora

A 221.0 KB Excel dataset by Cristina de la Cruz Serna, last updated in June 2026, analyzes the pragmatic and sociolinguistic functions of the laughter expression 'ha ha ha'. The research is based on data from the Global Web-Based English Corpora (GloWbE), focusing on English usage in the USA, the UK, Nigeria, and India.

Use Cases

• Analyzing pragmatic functions of laughter expressions based on corpus data from GloWbE.
• Comparing the use of 'ha ha ha' across different varieties of English (USA, UK, Nigeria, India).
• Studying the evolution of interjections in online communication based on sociolinguistic theory.
• Training models to identify communicative intent in digital text based on laughter markers.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• Focuses on a specific, contemporary linguistic phenomenon in digital communication.
• Analysis is grounded in established theories from Pragmatics and Sociolinguistics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset's 221.0 KB size suggests a limited scope of analysis.

Provenance

Source

Global Web-Based English Corpora (GloWbE)

Collection Method

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of corpus data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 14:29:50; freshness should be verified.

Geography

USA, UK, Nigeria, India