On the nature of "laughables": Laughter as a response to overdone figurative phrases

Pragmatics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 393-410

  Holt, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Figurative expression; Laughable; Laughter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857887186     PISSN: 10182101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/prag.21.3.05hol     Document Type: Article

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