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Communication and Emotion: Essays in Honor of Dolf Zillmann

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 275-296

  Sundar, S Shyam ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249663715     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410607584     Document Type: Chapter

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