The emotional impact of verbal irony: eye-tracking evidence for a two-stage process

In this paper we investigate the socio-emotional functions of verbal irony. Specifically, we use eye-tracking while reading to assess moment-to-moment processing of a character’s emotional response to ironic versus literal criticism. In Experiment 1, participants read stories describing a character...

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Main Authors: Filik, Ruth, Brightman, Emily, Gathercole, Chloe, Leuthold, Hartmut
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37898/