The stand-up introduction sequence: Comparing comedy compères

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 463-483

  Rutter, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audience research; Comp res; Humour research; Interaction; Introduction sequence; Stand up comedy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034147691     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(99)00059-4     Document Type: Article

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