Interpretation and comprehension of linguistic humour by adolescents with head injury: A case-by-case analysis

Brain Injury

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 953-972

  Docking, K ^a   Jordan, F M ^b   Murdoch, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMOR; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0032741409     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026990599120972     Document Type: Article

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