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HUMOR International Journal of Humor Research Volume 12-3 (1999) American humor as unifying and divisive LAWRENCE E. MINTZ The relationship between humor and trust WILLIAM P. HAMPES Joke-telling in Jordanian society: A sociolinguistic perspective MAHMOUD A. AL-KHATIB Sexual humor on Freud as expressed in limericks SACHI SRI KANTHA Benefits of humor for mental health: Empirical findings and directions for further research GRAEME GALLOWAY and ARTHUR CROPLEY Traditional humorous communication and regional identity in Northern Norway BIRGIT HERTZBERG JOHNSEN Book Reviews Willibald Ruch: The Sense of Humor: Explorations of a Personality Characteristic PAUL McGHEE David Crystal: Language Play NEAL R. NORRICK Alison Ross: The Language of Humour JOHN MORREALL John Parkin: Humor Theorists of the Twentieth Century SALVATORE ATTARDO Don Nilsen: Humor in Irish Literature: A Reference Guide DES MacHALE Vicki K. Janik (ed.): Fools and Jesters In Literature, Art, and History: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook JOHN NAUS, S. J. Newsletter For subscription information please contact the publisher: Mouton de Gruyter Genthiner Str. 13 10785 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49 30 26005 222 e-mail: ordersMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuedegruyter.de Journals and titles published by Mouton de Gruyter can be ordered via World Wide Web at: http://www.degruyter.com Copyright (c) 1999 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG (IX.99)