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Stories are to entertain: A structural-affect theory of stories

1982396 citationsJournal Article

Authors

William F. Brewer · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Edward Lichtenstein · Royal National Institute for Deaf People

Topics & Keywords

Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Humor Studies and Applications Reading and Literacy Development

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Pragmatics

Volume 6, Issue 5-6, pp. 473-486

DOI: 10.1016/0378-2166(82)90021-2

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 16.90

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