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Direct linkBoeynaems, Amber; Burgers, Christian; Konijn, Elly A. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2021
The rhetoric used by right-wing anti-immigration politicians is considered important to their political success. Such rhetoric commonly contains figurative frames with metaphor and/or hyperbole. In two experiments (n[subscript experiment1] = 411, n[subscript experiment2] = 407), we tested when and how such figurative frames add to the intense and…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Persuasive Discourse, Immigration, Voting
van Mulken, Margot; Burgers, Christian; van der Plas, Bram – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
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…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Comprehension, Attitudes, Group Membership
