The roles of politeness and humor in the asymmetry of affect in verbal irony

Discourse Processes

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-24

  Matthews, Jacqueline K ^a   Hancock, Jeffrey T ^b   Dunham, Philip J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33645320520     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326950dp4101_2     Document Type: Review

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