On the communicative function of exaggeration: How to be a million times clearer

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 331-340

  Stewart, Craig O ^a   Kreuz, Roger J ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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EID: 84977066103     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824090309388832     Document Type: Article

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