Why Not Say It Directly? The Social Functions of Irony

Discourse Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 347-367

  Kaplan, Joan ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84963458696     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638539509544922     Document Type: Article

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