An acquired taste: Children's perceptions of humor and teasing in verbal irony

Discourse Processes

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-288

  Pexman, Penny M ^a   Glenwright, Melanie ^a   Krol, Andrea ^a   James, Tammy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 30544441479     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326950dp4003_5     Document Type: Review

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