Book review. Yus, Francisco (2016). Humour and Relevance. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

Abstract

This paper sets out to offer a review of the book by F. Yus (2016). Humour and Relevance. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

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