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A lexical approach to laughter classification: Natural language distinguishes six (classes of) formal characteristics

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2023
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Ruch, W., Wagner, L., & Hofmann, J. (2023). A lexical approach to laughter classification: Natural language distinguishes six (classes of) formal characteristics. Current Psychology, 42, 16234–16246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00369-9

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Although research on laughter is becoming increasingly common, there is no consensus on the description of its variations. Investigating all verbal attributes that relate to the term laughter may lead to a broad set of descriptors deemed important by the speakers of a language. Through a linguistic corpus analysis using the German language, formal attributes of laughter were identified (original pool: 1148 single-word descriptors and 172 multi-word descriptors). A category system was derived in an iterative process, leading to six hig

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42

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19

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16234

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16246

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English

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2023-07-01

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2019-09-19

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1046-1310

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Ruch, W., Wagner, L., & Hofmann, J. (2023). A lexical approach to laughter classification: Natural language distinguishes six (classes of) formal characteristics. Current Psychology, 42, 16234–16246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00369-9

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