Humor Research - Approaches To Humor Research

Approaches To Humor Research

Humor research deals with a wide variety of issues, which can be categorized according to several theories of humor. A delineation between two distinct types of laughter, Duchenne and non-Duchenne, must be made to determine which theory applies.

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