All Outputs (3)

The role of social status in sarcasm interpretation: evidence from the United Kingdom and China (2023)
Journal Article
Zhu, N., & Filik, R. (2024). The role of social status in sarcasm interpretation: evidence from the United Kingdom and China. Discourse Processes, 61(1-2), 69-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2023.2252695

We investigated the effect of culture and social status on sarcasm interpretation. Two hundred U.K. participants and 200 Chinese participants read scenarios in which the final comment could be either literal or sarcastic criticism and the speaker had... Read More about The role of social status in sarcasm interpretation: evidence from the United Kingdom and China.

Individual differences in sarcasm interpretation and use: Evidence from the UK and China (2023)
Journal Article
Zhu, N., & Filik, R. (2023). Individual differences in sarcasm interpretation and use: Evidence from the UK and China. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 49(3), 445-463. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001227

Sarcasm is commonly used in everyday language; however, little is currently known about cultural and individual differences in sarcasm interpretation and use, particularly across Western and Eastern cultures. To address these gaps in the literature,... Read More about Individual differences in sarcasm interpretation and use: Evidence from the UK and China.

Anaphoric reference to mereological entities (2023)
Journal Article
Cokal, D., Filik, R., Sturt, P., & Poesio, M. (2023). Anaphoric reference to mereological entities. Discourse Processes, 60(3), 202-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/0163853x.2023.2197682

Corpus evidence suggests that in contexts in which the presence of multiple antecedents might favor plural reference, the disadvantage observed for singular reference may disappear if the potential antecedents are combined in a group-like plural enti... Read More about Anaphoric reference to mereological entities.