Prosody in spontaneous humor: Evidence for encryption

Pragmatics and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 248-267

  Flamson, Thomas ^a   Bryant, Gregory A ^b   Barrett, H Clark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Encryption theory; Humor; Portuguese; Prosody; Social assortment; Spontaneous speech

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051635789     PISSN: 09290907     EISSN: 15699943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/pc.19.2.04fla     Document Type: Article

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