Virginie Laval
List of John Benjamins publications in which Virginie Laval is involved.
Articles
2013 Request complexity is no more a problem when the requests are ironic Pragmatics & Cognition 21:2, pp. 329–339 | Article
Although the topic has been extensively studied, many issues about understanding of indirect requests in children are still unsolved. Our contribution is to distinguish genuine and ironic hints, focusing on the latter. We examined the understanding of ironic hints and ironic imperatives in 5- to… read more
2002 “Tu es dans la lune” : Understanding idioms in French-speaking children and adults Pragmatics 12:4, pp. 399–413 | Article
From a psychological point of view, this study looks at children’s and adult’s comprehension of idiomatic expressions, and most particularly at the underlying cognitive processes needed for comprehension. Idiomatic expressions are expressions where there is a considerable difference between what… read more