How do children respond to verbal irony in face-to-face communication? The development of mode adoption across middle childhood

Discourse Processes

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 363-387

  Whalen, Juanita M ^a   Pexman, Penny M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 77954647969     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638530903347635     Document Type: Article

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