Children's understanding and production of verbal irony in family conversations

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-274

  Recchia, Holly E ^a   Howe, Nina ^a   Ross, Hildy S ^b   Alexander, Stephanie ^c  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONFLICT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 77953449232     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151008X401903     Document Type: Article

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