Emotions Recognition in Verbal Irony: Evidence from Self-report and Electrophysiological (ERPs) Measures

The relation between language and emotions obtained great attention over the last few years. Figurative language is specifically useful to express emotional attitudes or to evoke emotional responses (Gibbs, 1999). Main aim of the present study is to explore, through integrated methodology, emotional attitudes in ironic contexts, which are generally associated to negative evaluations (Utsumi, 2001).