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Direct linkCamilo R. Ronderos; John M. Tomlinson; Ira Noveck – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2024
Irony is a heavily context-dependent pragmatic phenomenon. But what is it about context that facilitates or blocks irony comprehension? Based on the echoic account, we suggest that a context facilitates irony comprehension when it makes manifest a speaker's intentions and attitude, i.e., when a context makes it easy for participants to engage…
Descriptors: Adults, Figurative Language, Context Effect, Comprehension
