We carried out a systematic review of psycholinguistic, empirical, quantitative studies on
verbal irony use and individual differences (ie psychological, not demographic, traits that …

A significant part of everyday verbal communication consists of nonliteral language,
including irony (Gibbs 2000). Efficient irony use can serve a wide range of pragmatic goals …

In spoken discourse, understanding irony requires the apprehension of subtle cues, such as
the speaker's tone of voice (prosody), which often reveal the speaker's affective stance …

Trait anger refers to frequent and intense experiences of angry feelings (Spielberger, 1999).
It is associated with a range of biasing reward-oriented cognitive effects. Thus, individuals …

Many studies in the psycholinguistics of irony with adult participants involve presenting them
with a series of specially prepared vignettes—short text stories describing a social situation …

Interpreting other people's intentions during communication represents a remarkable
challenge for children. Although many studies have examined children's understanding of …

This study examined how self-reported sarcasm use is related to individual differences in
non-Western adults. A sample of 329 Turkish speakers of high socioeconomic status …

Sarcasm can indirectly express aggression, though it might be more cognitively demanding
to produce. We expected positive correlations between trait anger and self-reported, but not …

Despite increasing interest in the relationship between humor and psychological distress,
investigations have failed to focus on specific categories of humor and negative mental …

La reconnaissance du sarcasme et de la jocularité durant des communications en personne
requiert l'intégration d'indices verbaux, paralinguistiques et non verbaux. Pourtant, la plupart …