NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing one result Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ferstl, Evelyn C.; Israel, Laura; Putzar, Lisa – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2017
One crucial property of verbal jokes is that the punchline usually contains an incongruency that has to be resolved by updating the situation model representation. In the standard pragmatic model, these processes are considered to require cognitive effort. However, only few studies compared jokes to texts requiring a situation model revision…
Descriptors: Humor, Reading Comprehension, Eye Movements, Gender Differences