How native and non-native English speakers adapt to humor in intercultural interaction

Humor

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-48

  Bell, Nancy D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

English as a second language; Humor; Intercultural communication; Sociolinguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947215136     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMOR.2007.002     Document Type: Article

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