Tag questions and common ground effects in the perception of verbal irony

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1685-1700

  Kreuz, Roger J ^a   Kassler, Max A ^b   Coppenrath, Lori ^a   McLain Allen, Bonnie ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b Persimmon IT Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Commonground; Irony; Pragmatics; Sarcasm; Tag questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033517668     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(99)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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