On negation as mitigation: The case of negative irony

Discourse Processes

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-100

  Giora, Rachel ^a   Fein, Ofer ^b   Ganzi, Jonathan ^a   Levi, Natalie Alkeslassy ^a   Sabah, Hadas ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

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EID: 12344315278     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326950dp3901_3     Document Type: Review

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