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Milford, Patricia – 1980
Understanding how laughter communicates helps to explain how individuals respond to laughter in intercultural situations. There are three manifestations of laughter: reflex responses to particular physical stimuli; automatic reactions to informative stimuli that can be intentionally controlled; and symbols encoded with semantic meanings…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cultural Differences, Humor, Individual Differences
