Conversational dynamics of humour: The telephone game in Greek

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 741-769

  Antonopoulou, Eleni ^a   Sifianou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; General theory of verbal humor; Greek; Politeness; Social and linguistic conventions; Telephone call openings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037401245     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(02)00150-9     Document Type: Article

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