Expecting irony: Context versus salience-based effects

Metaphor and Symbol

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-146

  Giora, Rachel ^a   Fein, Ofer ^b   Laadan, Dafna ^a   Wolfson, Joe ^a   Zeituny, Michal ^a   Kidron, Ran ^a   Kaufman, Ronie ^a   Shaham, Ronit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

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EID: 40649116803     PISSN: 10926488     EISSN: 15327868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926480701235346     Document Type: Article

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