Book review. Delia Chiaro (2018), The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age. #like #share #lol. Abingdon/New York: Routledge.

Abstract

Delia Chiaro (2018), The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age. #like #share #lol. Abingdon/New York: Routledge, 166 pp.

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