Publications

Publication details [#12425]

Liao, Chao-chih. 1998. Jokes, Humor and Chinese People. 421 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

function | humor | joke, comprehension of | politeness

Language as a subject

Chinese

ISBN

957-8378-28-9

Annotation

This text defines humor from a receptive and productive perspective, and reports on differences in comprehension of humor between Chinese men and women, politeness issues and functions of jokes.