Humor support in synchronous computermediated classroom discussions

Humor

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-458

  Vandergriff, Ilona ^a   Fuchs, Carolin ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom discourse; Computer mediated communication (CMC); Humor support; Language learning; Language play; Silence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877320046     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humor-2012-0022     Document Type: Article

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