Does CMC promote language play? Exploring humor in two modalities

CALICO Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-47

  Vandergriff, Ilona ^a   Fuchs, Carolin ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated Communication (CMC); Humor; Language Play; Second Language Acquisition (SLA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894585156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20569017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11139/cj.27.1.26-47     Document Type: Article

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