Is wit to humor what rhetoric is to poetic?
- 1 February 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Central States Speech Journal
- Vol. 16 (1) , 17-22
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10510976509362766
Abstract
The differences between wit and humor are shown to be similar to those between rhetoric and poetic. Implications for future research based upon these differences are discussed.Keywords
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