Issues in conversational joking

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1333-1359

  Norrick, Neal R ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Conversation; Frames; Humor; Jokes; Rapport; Relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038037763     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(02)00180-7     Document Type: Article

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