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Prosodic Contrasts in Ironic Speech

Gregory A. Bryant Department of Communication Studies, Center for Culture, Brain, Development University of California, Los Angeles
Pages 545-566 | Received 23 Sep 2005, Published online: 21 Oct 2010

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