Being funny: A selectionist account of humor production

Humor

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-53

  Dewitte, Siegfried ^a   Verguts, Tom ^a  

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EID: 0039296119     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humr.14.1.37     Document Type: Article

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