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Matthews, Jolie C. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2022
This article investigates how members of an online community engaged in historical perspective taking in their discussions of the events and figures portrayed in a historical television show. As a means to justify their interpretations and situate themselves inside the possible mindsets of historical figures, members drew on three aspects of the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Perspective Taking, Computer Mediated Communication, Group Discussion
Mauchand, Maël; Vergis, Nikos; Pell, Marc D. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
In spoken discourse, understanding irony requires the apprehension of subtle cues, such as the speaker's tone of voice (prosody), which often reveal the speaker's affective stance toward the listener in the context of the utterance. To shed light on the interplay of linguistic content and prosody on impressions of spoken criticisms and compliments…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Cues
Boylan, James; Katz, Albert N. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
In the context of texts that depicted either a minimally confrontational conversation (study 1) or a more confrontational argument (study 2) with a close friend, the use of ironic criticism was rated as being more humorous, polite, and positive, yet also as more sarcastic and mocking than direct criticism. Although our results were consistent with…
Descriptors: Criticism, Figurative Language, Persuasive Discourse, Humor
Hakemulder, Jemeljan F. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
There is an abundance of theory concerning the effects of reading literature. Some researchers do reveal effects, but few explain them. When they do, the textual features examined are neither necessary nor sufficient for literariness. Three experiments are presented here that study the relation between literary text quality and literary reading…
Descriptors: Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Reader Response, Aesthetics
Eva-Wood, Amy L. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
Assuming readers' emotional responses can inform literary analysis, this study of poetry readers featured an instructional intervention that involved modeling both cognitive and affective reading processes through a think-and-feel-aloud pedagogy. Eleventh-grade students in 2 conditions participated in a 4-week unit on reading poetry. Control group…
Descriptors: Poetry, Literary Criticism, Experimental Groups, Vocabulary Development