Were they really laughed at? That much? Gelotophobes and their history of perceived derisibility

Humor

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 213-231

  Proyer, René T ^a   Hempelmann, Christian F ^b   Ruch, Willibald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Hakia Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus study; Gelotophilia; Gelotophobia; Humor; Katagelasticism; Laughing at

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749127433     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMR.2009.010     Document Type: Article

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