The on-line processing of written irony |
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| Authors: | Ruth Filik Linda M Moxey |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, UK;2. Department of Psychology, University of Glasgow, UK;1. Department of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China;2. Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;1. Cognition, Health and Socialisation Laboratory (EA 6291), University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, 57 rue Pierre Taittinger, 51096 Reims Cedex, France;2. Department of Paediatrics, American Memorial Hospital, Reims University Hospital, 47 Rue Cognacq-Jay, 51092 Reims Cedex, France;1. Faculty of Philosophy & Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Ni?, Serbia;2. Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, United States;1. School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG7 2RD, UK;2. Department of Psychology, University of Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany |
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| Abstract: | We report an eye-tracking study in which we investigate the on-line processing of written irony. Specifically, participants’ eye movements were recorded while they read sentences which were either intended ironically, or non-ironically, and subsequent text which contained pronominal reference to the ironic (or non-ironic) phrase. Results showed longer reading times for ironic comments compared to a non-ironic baseline, suggesting that additional processing was required in ironic compared to non-ironic conditions. Reading times for subsequent pronominal reference indicated that for ironic materials, both the ironic and literal interpretations of the text were equally accessible during on-line language comprehension. This finding is most in-line with predictions of the graded salience hypothesis, which, in conjunction with the retention hypothesis, states that readers represent both the literal and ironic interpretation of an ironic utterance. |
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