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272 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780415544078
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 13 October 2009
Description
The Linguistics of Laughter examines what speakers try to achieve by producing 'laughter-talk' (the talk preceding and eliciting an episode of laughter) and, by using abundant examples from language corpora, what hearers are signalling when they p...
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272 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780415544078
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 13 October 2009
Description
The Linguistics of Laughter examines what speakers try to achieve by producing 'laughter-talk' (the talk preceding and eliciting an episode of laughter) and, by using abundant examples from language corpora, what hearers are signalling when they p...