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¹School of Psychology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China.

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Keywords:

Chinese eye movement linear mixed model literal sarcasm text complexity

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Area of Science:

Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Science
Computational Linguistics

Background:

The cognitive processes underlying sarcasm comprehension, particularly in Chinese, remain debated.
There is a scarcity of empirical evidence, especially eye-tracking data, on Chinese sarcasm processing.
Understanding how sentence complexity influences sarcasm versus literal meaning interpretation is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the processing differences between sarcastic and literal meanings in Chinese text.
To examine the role of sentence complexity in modulating these processing differences.
To provide eye-movement evidence for Chinese sarcasm processing models.

Main Methods:

Eye-tracking experiments were conducted with 33 participants reading Chinese text.
Text stimuli varied in complexity and literality (sarcastic vs. literal).
Data were analyzed using linear mixed-effects models.

Main Results:

In early processing stages, simple sarcastic and literal remarks showed similar processing times.
For complex remarks, early processing of sarcastic meaning took longer than literal meaning.
In later processing stages, sarcastic meaning consistently required more time than literal meaning, irrespective of complexity.

Conclusions:

Chinese sarcasm processing is influenced by initial literal meaning interpretation.
Sentence complexity moderates the impact of literal meaning on processing sarcastic remarks.
Processing of sarcastic meaning unfolds differently across processing stages, supporting hierarchical models.