Publications
Publication details [#42719]
Pexman, Penny M., Melanie Glenwright, Andrea Krol and Tammy James. 2005. An Acquired Taste: Children's Perceptions of Humor and Teasing in Verbal Irony. Discourse Processes 40 (3) : 259–288. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Erlbaum
Annotation
This study demonstrates that children's appreciation of the humor and teasing function of irony continues to develop late in middle childhood.