The effects of speaker's mention on understanding of ironies

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 393-400

  Nishitani, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ironies; Mention Theory; Sarcastic implications; Speaker's intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742604903     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.66.393     Document Type: Article

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