Making humour work: Creativity on the job

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 518-537

  Holmes, Janet ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 37049038812     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amm048     Document Type: Article

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