Discourse factors that influence online reading of metaphor and irony

Discourse Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 201-222

  Pexman, Penny M ^a   Ferretti, Todd R ^b   Katz, Albert N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0001350674     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326950dp2903_2     Document Type: Article

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