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Publication details [#57694]
Pexman, Penny M., Juanita M. Whalen and Kristy Kowatch. 2013. Irony Comprehension in Action: A New Test of Processing for Verbal Irony. Discourse Processes 50 (5) : 301–315. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
Using a visual world paradigm, this study proposes that it doesn't unavoidably take longer to process ironic than literal meanings. These findings appear to be most in accord with an interactive explanation of irony processing.