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...

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Main Authors: Banasik Natalia, Podsiadło Kornelia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-12-01
Series:Psychology of Language and Communication
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/plc-2016-0019