First steps in the emergence of verbal humor: A case study

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-196

  Johnson, Kathy E ^a   Mervis, Carolyn B ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lexical development humor cognitive incongruity symbolic play

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031116859     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(97)90021-7     Document Type: Article

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