Laughter in Bill Clinton's My life (2004) interviews

Pragmatics

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 275-299

  O'Connell, Daniel C ^a,b   Kowal, Sabine ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dialogue; Laughter; Media interviews; Perspectives; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144477984     PISSN: 10182101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/prag.15.2-3.06con     Document Type: Review

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