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Review published In: Prosody and Humor
Edited by Salvatore Attardo, Manuela Maria Wagner and Eduardo Urios-Aparisi
[Pragmatics & Cognition 19:2] 2011
► pp. 375–382

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Wallace Chafe. The Importance of not Being Earnest. The Feeling Behind Laughter and Humor. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2007. xiv + 167 pp. ISBN 9789027241528

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Published online: 10 August 2011
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