Provoking arguments for provoking laughter: A case study of the candid camera TV show

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Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-299

  Al Khatib, Mahmoud A ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Candid camera; Challenging; Interruption overlap; Provoking arguments; Provoking laughter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039184403     PISSN: 01654888     EISSN: 18607349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/text.1.1997.17.3.263     Document Type: Article

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