Risky laughter: Teasing and self-directed joking among male and female friends

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 38, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 51-72

  Lampert, Martin D ^a   Ervin Tripp, Susan M ^b  

^a Holy Names University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exaggeration; Gender; High cost forms of humor; Humorous keying; Kidding; Self disclosure; Self targeted humor; Teasing; Wisecracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244459488     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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