Joke cruelty and joke appreciation revisited

Humor

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-156

  Herzog, Thomas R ^a   Harris, Anne C ^a   Kropscott, Laura S ^a   Fuller, Katherine L ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Joke appreciation; Joke cruelty; Optimal cruelty model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745010938     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMOR.2006.007     Document Type: Article

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