“Laf wan kill me die” (I almost died laughing): An analysis of Akpos jokes and the readers’ responses
Studies on humour have acknowledged that responses to jokes are important aspects of a joking exchange; however, investigation of joke recipients’ responses has received little attention from humour scholars. Moreover, the linguistic investigations of jokes have been limited to native speakers’ cont...
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| Language: | English |
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2017-01-01
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| Series: | The European Journal of Humour Research |
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| Online Access: | https://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/index.php/ejhr/article/view/162 |