Children's comprehension of idioms in the context of humor

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-312

  Spector, Cecile ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Humor; Idiom comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030268689     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461.2704.307     Document Type: Article

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