"That was smooth, mom": Children's production of verbal and gestural ironyexman

Metaphor and Symbol

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 237-248

  Pexman, Penny M ^a   Zdrazilova, Lenka ^a   Mcconnachie, Devon ^a   Deater Deckard, Kirby ^b   Petrill, Stephen A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70449095038     PISSN: 10926488     EISSN: 15327868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926480903310286     Document Type: Article

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