Comprehension Processes of Verbal Irony: The Effects of Salience, Egocentric Context, and Allocentric Theory of Mind

Metaphor and Symbol

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-242

  Akimoto, Yoritaka ^a   Miyazawa, Shiho ^a   Muramoto, Toshiaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84863937437     PISSN: 10926488     EISSN: 15327868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2012.691750     Document Type: Article

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