Wolves, Confederates, and the Happy Few: The Influence of Comprehension, Agreement, and Group Membership on the Attitude toward Irony

Autor/inn/en	van Mulken, Margot; Burgers, Christian; van der Plas, Bram
Titel	Wolves, Confederates, and the Happy Few: The Influence of Comprehension, Agreement, and Group Membership on the Attitude toward Irony
Quelle	In: Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 48 (2011) 1, S.50-68 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0163-853X
Schlagwörter	Figurative Language; Comprehension; Attitudes; Group Membership; Psycholinguistics; Verbal Communication; Foreign Countries; Gender Bias; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verstehen; Verständnis; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Psycholinguistik; Ausland; Geschlechterstereotyp; Niederlande
Abstract	Comprehension is an important factor in the functioning of irony. Readers who are unaware of the irony in an utterance are "sheep," whereas readers who understand the irony are "wolves" (Gibbs & Izett, 2005). Factors that may impact on the attitude toward irony not only include comprehension, but agreement (agreeing with the position taken in the utterance or not) and group membership (belonging to the target of the irony or not) as well. In an experiment, participants were asked to evaluate either ironic prejudices against women or ironic prejudices against men. The attitude toward the utterance and text is more positive when participants recognize the ironic intention, agree with the statement, and are not the members of the targeted group. These results imply that studies into the pragmatic effects of verbal irony should consider these 3 factors. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10