Children's Comprehension of Critical and Complimentary Forms of Verbal Irony

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-248

  Hancock, Jeffrey T ^a   Dunham, Philip J ^a   Purdy, Kelly ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0038300076     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327647JCD010204     Document Type: Article

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