Socio-cultural Factors and Individual Differences in Sarcasm Interpretation and Use

There has been some debate regarding whether sarcasm mutes the negativity of criticism (the Tinge Hypothesis) or enhances condemnation. There is also some evidence that individual differences factors and speakers’ characteristics may influence sarcasm interpretation and use. However, the findings ar...

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Main Author: Zhu, Ning
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/78159/