Laughter [ Communication ]
… periodical to the topic of laughter. He cast it as one of the defining characteristics of human experience. Humankind, he wrote, ‘is a rational animal, a tool-making animal, a cooking animal’ and, crucially, ‘a laughing animal’. The chief importance of laughter, however, was in sociability: it was …
Humour | Impoliteness | Laughter | Manners | Politeness | Taste | Wit
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