Findings from five experiments support the view that negation generates sarcastic utterance-
interpretations by default. When presented in isolation, novel negative constructions …

Based on Hebrew items, I present here findings showing that some novel negative
constructions (eg Supportive he is not; Punctuality is not her forte/what she excels at) are …

Based on natural language use, we examine the contextual environment of some negative
constructions (eg, Punctuality is not her forte/best attribute). Previous findings show that, as …

This study provides converging corpus-based evidence (originally in Hebrew) for (1)
findings, supportive of the first prediction of the Defaultness Hypothesis (Giora, Givoni, & …

Findings from two experiments (run in Hebrew) argue in favor of the superiority of default,
preferred interpretations over non-default less favored counterparts, outshining degree of (a) …

Results from 2 experiments support the view that, regardless of strength of contextual
expectation for utterance nonsalient (ironic) interpretation,(a) salience-based interpretations …

Theorists have debated whether our ability to understand sarcasm (pertaining here to verbal
irony) is principally determined by the context or by properties of the comment itself. The …

The present study extended findings of contrast effects in an auditory sarcasm perception
task manipulating context and tone of voice. In contrast to previous research that had used …

Results are reported of 6 experiments in which comprehension and memory for sarcastic
statements in conversation are examined. Data from 3 reading-time studies indicate that …

In recent years, an increasingly large body of research has examined the common situation
in which one thing is said in order to express another. Although research has examined the …