Laughter before the punch line during the performance of narrative jokes in conversation

Text and Talk

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-95

  Norrick, Neal R ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conversation; Humor; Joke; Joke telling; Laughter; Listening practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349105503     PISSN: 18607330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/TEXT.2010.004     Document Type: Review

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