Humor as a resource for mitigating conflict in interaction

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1661-1686

  Norrick, Neal R ^a   Spitz, Alice ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conflict talk; Humor; Laughter; Mitigation; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 46449117675     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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