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Publication details [#35375]

Harris, Melanie and Penny M. Pexman. 2003. Children's perceptions of the social functions of verbal irony. Discourse Processes 36 (3) : 147–165.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

child | function | inference | irony | perception1

Place, Publisher

Ablex Publishing Company

ISBN

0163-853X

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This study examines whether children perceive the aggressive and humorous functions of verbal irony. Their aggression ratings supported the Tinge Hypothesis, their humor ratings did not.