Humor and the search for relevance

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1295-1331

  Yus, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Humorous effects; Humorous strategies; Incongruity; Relevance theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037861883     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(02)00179-0     Document Type: Article

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