The European Journal of Humour Research

Vol 10, No 4 (2022)

Book review: Marta Dynel (2018). Irony, Deception and Humour: Seeking the Truth about Overt and Covert Untruthfulness. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton.

Marianna Keisalo

Abstract

Book review

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