The Role of Individual Differences and Situational Factors in Perception of Verbal Irony

A study was conducted to analyze the influence of situational and individual factors on verbal irony perception. Participants (N = 144) rated smartness, criticality, humorousness, and offensiveness of ironic utterances and their literal equivalents. The utterances were put in various contexts, diffe...

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Main Author: Gucman Magda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-12-01
Series:Psychology of Language and Communication
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/plc-2016-0016