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Vega, Gladys M. – 1990
The production and understanding of humor calls for a specific competence. It appears that second language learners fail to develop this competence even when they reach native-like proficiency levels. A review of the literature suggests that the notion of humor competence in second language learning has not been examined. Humor competence can be…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Humor, Language Proficiency, Linguistic Theory
