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Direct linkGiora, Rachel; Fein, Ofer; Aschkenazi, Keren; Alkabets-Zlozover, Inbar – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
Three experiments show that, contrary to the current view, comprehenders do not unconditionally deactivate information marked by negation. Instead, they discard negated information when it is functionally motivated. In Experiment 1, comprehenders discarded negated concepts when cued by a topic shift to dampen recently processed information.…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Language Patterns, Psychological Patterns, Cues
Giora, Rachel; Fein, Ofer; Ganzi, Jonathan; Levi, Natalie Alkeslassy; Sabah, Hadas – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
Four experiments support the view of negation as mitigation (Giora, Balaban, Fein, & Alkabets, 2004). They show that when irony involves some sizable gap between what is said and what is criticized (He is exceptionally bright said of an idiot), it is rated as highly ironic (Giora, 1995). A negated version of that overstatement (He is not…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Figurative Language, Morphemes
