Vol. 4 No. 3 (2016), Articles
Vol. 4 No. 3 (2016)

Book review: Bell, Nancy (2015). We Are Not Amused: Failed Humor in Interaction. Humor Research 10. Berlin, Boston, Munich: De Gruyter Mouton. 184 pp.

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Published 15-10-2016
Liisi Laineste
Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu
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Laineste, L. (2016). Book review: Bell, Nancy (2015). We Are Not Amused: Failed Humor in Interaction. Humor Research 10. Berlin, Boston, Munich: De Gruyter Mouton. 184 pp. The European Journal of Humour Research, 4(3), 88-90. https://ww.europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/149
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Book review: Bell, Nancy (2015). We Are Not Amused: Failed Humor in Interaction. Humor Research 10. Berlin, Boston, Munich: De Gruyter Mouton. 184 pp.
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References

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Bell, N. (2009). ‘Impolite responses to failed humor’, in Chiaro, D & Norrick, N. (eds.), Humor in Interaction. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 143–163.

Bell, N. (2013). ‘Responses to incomprehensible. Humor.’ Journal of Pragmatics 57, pp. 176–189.

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