Context and Intonation in the Perception of Sarcasm.

This experiment investigated the relative contribution of context and tone of voice in the perception of sarcasm in short utterances. Eighty-two participants heard short stories read in a monotone voice reflecting either a positive or a negative context, followed by a relevant statement in a sarcast...

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Published in:	Metaphor & Symbol Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 227 - 240
Main Authors:	Woodland, Jennifer, Voyer, Daniel
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd 2011
Subjects:	Intonation (Phonetics) Oral communication Linguistic context Irony Tone (Phonetics) Oral reading Listening comprehension
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