"taking the piss": Functions of banter in the IT industry

Humor

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-187

  Plester, Barbara A ^a   Sayers, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Banter; Culture; Empirical; Humor; Joke; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249008460     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMOR.2007.008     Document Type: Article

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