Interviewer laughs: Shared laughter and asymmetries in employment interviews

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1485-1498

  Glenn, Phillip ^a  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetries; Conversation analysis; Employment interviews; Laughter; Shared laughter

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952744206     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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