Comprehension of Ironic Utterances by Bilingual Children
This study investigates verbal irony comprehension by 6-year old bilingual children speaking Polish and English and living in the USA. Researchers have predominantly focused on monolingual populations when examining non-literal language in young children. This is the first exploratory study of how i...
Main Authors: | Banasik Natalia, Podsiadło Kornelia |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2016-12-01
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Series: | Psychology of Language and Communication |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/plc-2016-0019 |
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