Obligatory processing of literal and nonliteral meanings in verbal irony

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1579-1599

  Dews, Shelly ^a   Winner, Ellen ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Irony, Nonliteral literal, meaning; Processing, Obligatory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033517663     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(99)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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