Humour and laughter as vestiges of evolution
This paper argues in favour of considering humour and laughter as embodied signs of the ancient, sympathetic, figurative mode of the human mind, still working with us in dance, music, singing and literary activity. Starting from steady evolutionary provisos, both the continuity and the departing li...
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| Language: | English |
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2017-05-01
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| Series: | The European Journal of Humour Research |
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| Online Access: | https://europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/169 |