Book review: Simon, John Charles and Jennalee  Donian (2025). Understanding Laughter and Humour: Why We Laugh, Why We Don’t, and Why It Matters. Palgrave Macmillan.
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Tsakona, Villy. 2026. “Book Review: Simon, John Charles and Jennalee  Donian (2025). Understanding Laughter and Humour: Why We Laugh, Why We Don’t, and Why It Matters. Palgrave Macmillan”. The European Journal of Humour Research 14 (1): 241-46. https://ww.europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/1252.

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