Defaultness Reigns: The Case of Sarcasm

Metaphor and Symbol

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 290-313

  Giora, Rachel ^a   Givoni, Shir ^a   Fein, Ofer ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

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EID: 84944075801     PISSN: 10926488     EISSN: 15327868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2015.1074804     Document Type: Article

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