Abstract This study investigates the facial features of different laughter types in historic illustrations. Several conceptually different types of laughter were proposed in the historic
Abstract It was hypothesized that playfulness in adults relates positively to different indicators of subjective but also physical well-being. A sample of 255 adults completed
Abstract The paper explores the reception of Aristophanes’ first extant comedy The Acharnians (425 BC) in post-war Greek modern theatre by the two government-sponsored theatre
Abstract The humorous poetry of late medieval Scotland is diverse in genre, including among its forms the drinking song, farce, parody, burlesque, elrich fantasy, and
Abstract The paramount goal of this paper is to tease out a number of universal communicative phenomena which carry humour appreciated by the recipient of
Abstract Contrary to common opinion, philosophy’s relations with the comic are profound and complex, yet the nature and significance of this relationship is surprisingly under
Abstract After more than forty years of existence, the field of humour research is flourishing. It seems that now more than ever the time is
Abstract A book review of Christie Davies’s book „Jokes and targets” Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 314 pp. References Interview with C. Davies. In Indiana University
