Melanie Glenwright
List of John Benjamins publications in which Melanie Glenwright is involved.
Article
2026 Explaining children’s comprehension of verbal irony Investigating Children’s Irony Comprehension: Current trends, challenges, and perspectives, Fuchs-Kreiß, Julia (ed.), pp. 140–160 | Article
Several theories explain how adults understand verbal irony, but only a few have been generalized to explain children’s comprehension of verbal irony. In this narrative review paper, we identify cues to verbal irony (Theme 1), related cognitive skills (Theme 2), and social experience (Theme 3)… read more