Comparisons of Ironic and Sarcastic Arguments in Terms of Appropriateness and Effectiveness in Personal Relationships

Argumentation and Advocacy

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-57

  Averbeck, Joshua M ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

argument effectiveness; irony; message processing; sarcasm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977911110     PISSN: 10511431     EISSN: 25768476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028533.2013.11821809     Document Type: Article

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