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Publication details [#65704]

Stadler, Stefanie. 2019. Laughter and its functions in Japanese business communication. Journal of Pragmatics 141 : 16–27.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

This paper contributes to our extant grasp of Japanese business communication by examining the nature and functions of the use of laughter in a Japanese workplace context and by elucidating actual business practices and how they relate to prior research insights.