Humor as a Double-Edged Sword: Four Functions of Humor in Communication
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- 1 August 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Communication Theory
- Vol. 10 (3) , 310-331
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2885.2000.tb00194.x
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