When sarcasm stings

Discourse Processes

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 215-236

  Bowes, Andrea ^a   Katz, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 79956223800     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0163853X.2010.532757     Document Type: Article

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