The last laugh: Shared laughter and topic termination

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1513-1525

  Holt, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Humour; Laugh invitation; Laughter; Shared laughter; Topic; Topic termination

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952740821     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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