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Scharrer, Lisa; Christmann, Ursula; Knoll, Monja – Language and Speech, 2011
Previous research has shown that in different languages ironic speech is acoustically modulated compared to literal speech, and these modulations are assumed to aid the listener in the comprehension process by acting as cues that mark utterances as ironic. The present study was conducted to identify paraverbal features of German "ironic…
Descriptors: Cues, Vowels, Figurative Language, Criticism