Perception of hiniku and oseji: How hyperbole and orthographically deviant styles influence irony-related perceptions in the Japanese language

Discourse Processes

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-50

  Okamoto, Shinichiro ^a  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33645306837     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326950dp4101_3     Document Type: Review

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