Prosodic markers of saliency in humorous narratives

Discourse Processes

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 517-540

  Pickering, Lucy ^a   Corduas, Marcella ^b   Eisterhold, Jodi ^a   Seifried, Brenna ^a   Eggleston, Alyson ^c   Attardo, Salvatore ^d  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

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EID: 71049193842     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638530902959604     Document Type: Article

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