Bilingual irony processing during natural reading: A within-participant look at L1 versus L2 effects using eye-movement measures.
Ironic utterances (i.e., when people intend the opposite of what they say) are often more difficult to understand than literal utterances during natural reading (reviewed in Olkoniemi & Kaakinen, Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 75, 99-106, 2021). Moreover, ironic compliments ("Good job!...
| Publicado en: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 53; no. 8; pp. 2493 - 2509 |
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