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

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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
Subjects:	Language comprehension; irony; emotion; eye-tracking
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37898/

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