Simple and complex deceits and ironies

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 583-607

  Bosco, Francesca M ^a   Bucciarelli, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive Pragmatics; Communication; Deceit; Development; Direct and indirect speech acts; Irony

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649104757     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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