The On-Line Processing of Written Irony

Autor/inn/en	Filik, Ruth; Moxey, Linda M.
Titel	The On-Line Processing of Written Irony
Quelle	In: Cognition, 116 (2010) 3, S.421-436 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0277
DOI	10.1016/j.cognition.2010.06.005
Schlagwörter	Comprehension; Sentences; Eye Movements; Figurative Language; Human Body; Cognitive Processes; Computer Assisted Instruction; Reading Rate + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verstehen; Verständnis; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Augenbewegung; Menschlicher Körper; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Reading readiness; Reading speed; Lesegeschwindigkeit
Abstract	We report an eye-tracking study in which we investigate the on-line processing of written irony. Specifically, participants' eye movements were recorded while they read sentences which were either intended ironically, or non-ironically, and subsequent text which contained pronominal reference to the ironic (or non-ironic) phrase. Results showed longer reading times for ironic comments compared to a non-ironic baseline, suggesting that additional processing was required in ironic compared to non-ironic conditions. Reading times for subsequent pronominal reference indicated that for ironic materials, both the ironic and literal interpretations of the text were equally accessible during on-line language comprehension. This finding is most in-line with predictions of the graded salience hypothesis, which, in conjunction with the retention hypothesis, states that readers represent both the literal and ironic interpretation of an ironic utterance. (Contains 5 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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