Prosodic and multimodal markers of humor in conversation

Pragmatics and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 224-247

  Attardo, Salvatore ^a   Pickering, Lucy ^a   Baker, Amanda ^b  

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

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversational humor; Humor; Humor markers; Irony; Laughter; Pauses; Prosody; Smiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959695563     PISSN: 09290907     EISSN: 15699943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/pc.19.2.03att     Document Type: Article

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