Humor comprehension: Lessons learned from cross-cultural communication

Humor

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 367-387

  Bell, Nancy D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Humor; Intercultural interaction; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849070273     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMOR.2007.018     Document Type: Article

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