Priming Interpretations
Contextual Impact on the Processing of Garden Path Jokes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11273267 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bastian Mayerhofer (CRC Text Structures University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, corresponding author), Katja Maier (CRC Text Structures University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany), Annekathrin Schacht (CRC Text Structures University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany), Anne Schacht (0000-0001-9471-3842, University of Göttingen) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 675-694 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Processes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-853X • E-ISSN: 1532-6950 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0163853x.2015.1092373 |
| OpenAlex | W2346068465 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 41 |
In garden path (GP) jokes, a first dominant interpretation is detected as incoherent and subsequently substituted by a hidden joke interpretation. Two important factors for the processing of GP jokes are salience of the initial interpretation and accessibility of the hidden interpretation. Both factors are assumed to be affected by contextual embedding. We investigated this contextual impact with a priming manipulation in a two self-paced reading experiments (Ns = 45/44). Words that were semantically related to the initial interpretation, to the hidden interpretation, or nonrelated to both served as priming cues before the joke presentation. Only priming semantic content of the hidden interpretation reduced reading times of the final word of the GP joke compared with both other conditions, indicating facilitated detection and revision of the otherwise incoherent discourse. The results highlighted the impact of subtle contextual cues affecting the reinterpretation stage in GP joke comprehension
Cognitive psychology · Comprehension · Interpretation (philosophy · Joke · Linguistics · Priming (agriculture · Reading (process · Reading comprehension · Reinterpretation · Salience (neuroscience · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Computer Science · Humor Studies and Applications · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2018 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |