Decoding ability and humor production

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-189

  Merolla, Andy J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversational sensitivity; Decoding; Humor orientation; Nonverbal sensitivity; Receiver apprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350637165     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370600650886     Document Type: Article

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