Development of children's ability to distinguish sarcasm and verbal irony

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 429-451

  Glenwright, Melanie ^a   Pexman, Penny M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952300197     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000909009520     Document Type: Article

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