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Publications

Below is a list of journal articles, book chapters/reviews and other refereed contributions from the Language Processing Lab. If you would like a copy of any of the following articles, please email Dr. Pexman at pexman@ucalgary.ca

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Pexman, P. M. (2018). How Do We Understand Sarcasm? Frontiers for Young Minds.

Journal Articles

For the most up-to-date publications, to access Dr. Pexman's Google Scholar profile.

 

Diveica, V., Pexman, P. M., & Binney, R. J. (in press). Quantifying social semantics: An inclusive definition of socialness and ratings for 8,388 English words. Behavior Research Methods.

Muraki, E. J., Siddiqui, I., & Pexman, P. M. (in press). Quantifying children’s sensorimotor experience: Child body-object interaction ratings for 3,359 English words. Behavior Research Methods.

Muraki, E. J., Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (in press). Heterogeneous abstract concepts: Is “ponder” different than “dissolve”? Psychological Research.

Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (in press). Is a boat bigger than a ship? Null results in the investigation of vowel sound symbolism on size judgments in real language. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. doi: 10.1177/17470218221078299

Sidhu, D. M., Williamson, J., Slavova, V., & Pexman, P. M. (in press). An investigation of iconic language development in four datasets. Journal of Child Language. doi: 10.1017/S0305000921000040

Buchanan, L., Pexman, P. M., & Titone, D. (2021). The Psychology of saying what you don’t mean: Celebrating the research career of Professor Albert Katz. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 75, 93-95.

Cnudde, K., van Hees, S., Brown, S., van der Wijk, G., Pexman, P. M., & Protzner, A. B. (2021). Increased neural efficiency in visual word recognition: Evidence from alterations in event-related potentials and multiscale entropy. Entropy. doi: 10.3390/e23030304

Lee, K., Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2021). Teaching sarcasm: Evaluating metapragmatic training for typically-developing children. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 75, 139-145.

Lux, V., Non, A. L., Pexman, P. M., Stadler, W., Weber, L. A., & Krüger, M. (2021). A developmental framework for embodiment research: The next step towards integrating concepts and methods. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2021.672740

Muraki, E. J., & Pexman, P. M. (2021). Simulating semantics: Are individual differences in motor imagery related to sensorimotor effects in language processing? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 47, 1939-1957.

Reggin, L. D., Muraki, E. J., & Pexman, P. M. (2021). Development of abstract word knowledge. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.686478.

Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2021). Implications of the “Language as Situated” view for written iconicity. Journal of Cognition, 40, 1-4.

Sidhu, D. M., Westbury, C., Hollis, G., & Pexman, P. M. (2021). Sound symbolism shapes the English language: The maluma/takete effect in English nouns. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 28, 1390-1398.

Jamieson, R. & Pexman, P. M. (2020). Moving beyond 20 questions: We (still) need stronger psychological theory. Canadian Psychology, 61, 273-280.

Kim, J., Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2020). Effects of emotional valence and concreteness on children’s recognition memory. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.615041

Muraki, E. J., Protzner, A., Cortese, F., & Pexman, P. M. (2020). Heterogeneity in abstract verbs: An ERP study. Brain & Language, 211, 104863.

Muraki, E. J., Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2020). Mapping semantic space: Property norms and semantic richness. Cognitive Processing, 21, 637-649.

Pexman, P. M. (2020). How does meaning come to mind? Four broad principles of semantic processing. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74, 275-283.

Sidhu, D. M., Vigliocco, G., & Pexman, P. M. (2020). Effects of iconicity in lexical decision. Language and Cognition, 12, 164-181.

Whalen, J. M., Doyle, A., & Pexman, P. M. (2020). Sarcasm between siblings: Children’s use of relationship information in processing ironic remarks. Journal of Pragmatics, 156, 149-159.

Doyle, A. W., Friesen, K., Reimer, S., & Pexman, P. M. (2019). Frontiers in Language Sciences. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01227.

Heard, A., Madan, C., Protzner, A. B., & Pexman, P. M. (2019). Getting a grip on sensorimotor effects in lexical-semantic processing. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 1-13.

Lund, T. C., Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2019). Sensitivity to emotion information in children’s lexical processing. Cognition, 190, 61-71.

Pexman, P. M. (2019). The role of embodiment in conceptual development. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 34, 1274-1283. doi: 10.1080/23273798.2017.1303522.

Pexman, P. M., Muraki, E. J., Sidhu, D. M., Siakaluk, P. D., & Yap, M. J. (2019).  Behavior Research Methods, 51, 453-466.

Pexman, P. M., Reggin, L. D., & Lee, K. (2019).  Languages, 4, doi: 10.3390/languages4020023.

Sidhu, D. M., Deschamps, K., Bourdage, J., & Pexman, P. M. (2019). Does the name say it all? Investigating phoneme-personality sound symbolism in first names. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 9, 1595-1614.

Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2019). Current Directions in Psychological Science, 28, 398-402.

Sidhu, D. M., Pexman, P. M., & Saint-Aubin, J. (2019). Is un stylo sharper than une épée? Investigating the interaction of sound symbolism and grammatical gender in English and French speakers. PLOS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225623

Wellsby, M. B., & Pexman, P. M. (2019). Languages, 4, doi: 10.3390/languages4010003 

Cassetta, B., Pexman, P. M., & Goghari, V. (2018). Cognitive and affective theory of mind and relationships with executive functioning in middle childhood. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 64, 514-538.

Pexman, P. M. (2018).  Frontiers for Young Minds. doi: 10.3389/frym.2018.00056

Pexman, P. M., & Yap, M. J. (2018). Individual differences in semantic processing: Insights from the Calgary Semantic Decision Project. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 44, 1091-1112. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000499

Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2018). Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25, 1619-1643. doi: 10.3758/s13423-017-1361-1

Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2018). Lonely sensational icons: Semantic neighborhood density, sensory experience, and iconicity. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 33, 25-31. doi: 10.1080/23273798.2017.1358379

Titone, D., Tiv, M., & Pexman, P. M. (2018). The status of women cognitive scientists in Canada: Insights from publicly available NSERC funding data. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72, 81-90.

Wang, H., Pexman, P. M., Turner, G., Cortese, F., & Protzner, A. B. (2018). The relation between Scrabble expertise and brain aging as measured with EEG brain signal variability. Neurobiology of Aging, 69, 249-260. 

Westbury, C., Hollis, G., Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2018). Weighing up the evidence for sound symbolism: Distributional properties predict cue strength. Journal of Memory & Language, 99, 122-150. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2017.09.006

Zdrazilova, L., Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2018).  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 373: 20170138 doi: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0138

Duris, J., Kumpan, T., Duffels, B., Matheson, H. E., Pexman, P. M., & Siakaluk, P. D. (2017). Effects of emotion information on processing pain-related words in visual word recognition. The Mental Lexicon, 12, 283-308. 

Glenwright, M., Tapley, B., Rano, J. K. S., & Pexman, P. M. (2017). Developing an appreciation for sarcasm and sarcastic gossip: It depends on perspective. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60, 3295-3309. doi: 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-L-17-0058

Pexman, P. M., Heard, A., Lloyd, E., & Yap, M. J. (2017). Behavior Research Methods, 49, 407-417. doi: 10.3758/s13428-016-0720-6

Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2017). A prime example of the Maluma/Takete effect? Testing for sound-symbolic priming. Cognitive Science, 41, 1958-1987. doi: 10.1111/cogs.12438

van Hees, S., Seyffarth, S., Pexman, P. M., Cortese, F., & Protzner, A. B. (2017). An ERP investigation of vertical reading fluency in Scrabble experts. Brain Research, 1667, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2017.04.005

Inkster, M., Wellsby, M. B., Lloyd, E., & Pexman, P. M. (2016). Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00317. 

Pexman, P. M., & Wellsby, M. B. (2016). Linking hand to mouth: The relationship between manual dexterity and language skills in typically-developing children. Italian Journal of Cognitive Sciences, 1, 75-88.

Protzner, A. B., Hargreaves, I. S., Campbell, J. A., Myers-Stewart, K., van Hees, S., Goodyear, B. G., Sargious, P., & Pexman, P. M. (2016). Cortex, 75, 204-219.

Siakaluk, P. D., Newcombe, P. I., Duffels, B., Li, E., Sidhu, D. M., Yap, M. J., & Pexman, P. M. (2016). Effects of emotional experience in lexical decision. Frontiers in Psychology, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01157.

Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2016). Is moving more memorable than proving? Effects of embodiment and imagined enactment on verb memory. Frontiers in Psychology.  doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01010.

Sidhu, D. M., Heard, A., & Pexman, P. M. (2016). Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00798.

Sidhu, D. M., Pexman, P. M., & Saint-Aubin, J. (2016). From the Bob/Kirk effect to the Benoit/Éric effect: Testing the mechanism of name sound symbolism in two languages. Acta Psychologica, 169, 88-99.

van Hees, S., Pexman, P. M., Hargreaves, I., Zdrazilova, L., Hart, J. M., Myers-Stewart, K., Cortese, F., & Protzner, A. B. (2016).  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00564.

Yap, M. J., & Pexman, P. M. (2016). Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01394

Moffat, M., Siakaluk, P. D., Sidhu, D., & Pexman, P. M. (2015). Situated conceptualization and semantic processing: Effects of emotional experience and context availability in semantic categorization and naming tasks. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 22, 408-419.

Phillips, C. I., & Pexman, P. M. (2015). When do children understand "opposite"? Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 58, 1233-1244.

Rostad, K. R., & Pexman, P. M. (2015). Frontiers in Developmental Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00425.

Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2015). PLOS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126809.

Taikh, A., Hargreaves, I. S., Yap, M., & Pexman, P. M. (2015). Semantic classification of pictures and words. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68, 1502-1518.  

Yap, M. J., Lim, G. Y., & Pexman, P. M. (2015). Semantic richness effects in lexical decision: The role of feedback. Memory & Cognition, 43, 1148-1167.

Siakaluk, P. D., Knol, N., & Pexman, P. M. (2014). Effects of emotional experience for abstract words in the Stroop task. Cognitive Science, 38, 1698-1717.

Hargreaves, I. S., & Pexman, P. M. (2014). Get rich quick: The signal to respond procedure reveals the time course of semantic richness effects during visual word recognition. Cognition, 131, 216-242.

Rostad, K. R., & Pexman, P. M. (2014). Developing an appreciation for ambivalence: The understanding of concurrent conflicting desires in 4- to 7-year-old children. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68, 122-132.

Sidhu, D. M., Kwan, R., Pexman, P. M., & Siakaluk, P. D. (2014). Acta Psychologica, 149, 32-39. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.02.009. (Download Embodiment Ratings for Verbs here)

Wellsby, M., & Pexman, P. M. (2014). The influence of bodily experience on children's language processing. Topics in Cognitive Science, 6, 425-441.

Wellsby, M., & Pexman, P. M. (2014). Frontiers in Cognitive Science. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00506

Kowatch, K., Whalen, J. W., & Pexman, P. M. (2013). Irony comprehension in action: A new test of processing for verbal irony. Discourse Processes, 50, 301-315

Nicholson, A., Whalen, J. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2013). Frontiers in Developmental Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00691

Whalen, J., Pexman, P. M., Gill, A., & Nowson, S. (2013). Verbal irony use in personal blogs. Behavior and Information Technology, 32, 560-569.

Zdrazilova, L., & Pexman, P. M. (2013). Grasping the invisible: Semantic processing of abstract words. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 20, 1312-1318.

Hansen, D., Siakaluk, P. D., & Pexman, P. M. (2012). The influence of print exposure on the body-object interaction effect in visual word recognition. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00113

Hargreaves, I. S., & Pexman, P. M. (2012). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6: 234. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00234

Hargreaves, I. S., Leonard, G., Pexman, P. M., Pittman, D., Siakaluk, P. D., & Goodyear, B. G. (2012). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00022

Hargreaves, I. S., Pexman, P. M., Johnson, J. S., & Zdrazilova, L. (2012). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00073

Hargreaves, I. S., Pexman, P. M., Zdrazilova, L., & Sargious, P. (2012). How a hobby can shape cognition: Visual word recognition in competitive Scrabble players. Memory & Cognition, 40, 1-7.

Hargreaves, I. S., White, M., Pexman, P. M., Pittman, D., & Goodyear, B. G. (2012). The question shapes the answer: The neural correlates of task differences reveal dynamic semantic processing. Brain & Language, 120, 73-78.

Newcombe, P. I., Campbell, C., Siakaluk, P. D., & Pexman, P. M. (2012). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00113.

Phillips, C. I., Sears, C. R., & Pexman, P. M. (2012). An embodied semantic processing effect on eye gaze during sentence reading. Language & Cognition, 4, 99-114.

Tousignant, C., & Pexman, P. M. (2012). Flexible recruitment of semantic richness: Context modulates body-object interaction effects in lexical-semantic processing. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.0053.

Yap, M. J., Pexman, P. M., Wellsby, M., Hargreaves, I. S., & Huff, M. (2012). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00072

Bennett, S. D., Burnett, A. N., Siakaluk, P. D., & Pexman, P. M. (2011). Imageability and body-object interaction ratings for 599 multisyllabic nouns. Behavior Research Methods, 43, 1100-1109.

Hargreaves, I. S., Pexman, P. M., Pittman, D. J., & Goodyear, B. G. (2011). Tolerating ambiguity: Ambiguous words recruit the left inferior frontal gyrus in absence of a behavioral effect. Experimental Psychology, 58, 19-30.

Jensen, E. J., Hargreaves, I. S., Bass, A., Pexman, P. M., Goodyear, B. G., & Federico, P. (2011). Cortical reorganization and reduced efficiency of visual word recognition in right temporal lobe epilepsy: a functional MRI study. Epilepsy Research, 93, 155-163.

Jensen, E. J., Hargreaves, I. S., Pexman, P. M., Bass, A., Goodyear, B. G., & Federico, P. (2011). Abnormalities of lexical and semantic processing in left temporal lobe epilepsy: an fMRI study. Epilepsia, 52, 2013-2021.

Pexman, P. M., Rostad, K. R., McMorris, C. A., Climie, E. A., Vanderveen, J., & Glenwright, M. R. (2011). Processing of ironic language in children with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41, 1097-1112.

Siakaluk, P. D., Pexman, P. M., Dalrymple, H. R., Stearns, J., & Owen, W. J. (2011). Some insults are more difficult to ignore: The embodied insult Stroop effect. Language & Cognitive Processes, 26, 1266-1294.

Wellsby, M., Siakaluk, P. D., Owen, W. J., & Pexman, P. M. (2011). Embodied semantic processing: The body-object interaction effect in a non-manual task. Language & Cognition, 3, 1-14. 

Yap, M. J., Tan, S. E., Pexman, P. M., & Hargreaves, I. S. (2011). Is more always better? Effects of semantic richness on lexical decision, speeded pronunciation, and semantic classification. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 18, 742-750.

Glenwright, M., & Pexman, P. M. (2010). Development of children’s ability to distinguish sarcasm and verbal irony. Journal of Child Language, 37, 429-451.

Lupker, S. J., & Pexman, P. M.  (2010). Making things difficult in lexical decision: The impact of pseudohomophones and transposed-letter nonwords on frequency and semantic priming effects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 36, 1267-1289.

Pexman, P. M., Whalen, J. M., & Green, J. J. (2010). Understanding verbal irony: Clues from interpretation of direct and indirect ironic remarks. Discourse Processes, 47, 237-261.

Wellsby, M., Siakaluk, P. D., Pexman, P. M., & Owen, W. J. (2010). Some Insults are Easier to Detect: The Embodied Insult Detection Effect. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00198

Whalen, J. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2010). How do children respond to verbal irony in face-to-face communication? Development of mode adoption across middle childhood. Discourse Processes, 47, 363-387.

Pexman, P. M., Zdrazilova, L., McConnachie, D., Deater-Deckard, K., & Petrill, S. A. (2009). That was smooth, Mom: Children’s production of verbal and gestural irony. Metaphor & Symbol, 24, 237-248.

Whalen, J., Pexman, P. M., & Gill, A. (2009). Should be fun---not! Incidence and marking of nonliteral language in email. Journal of Language & Social Psychology, 28, 263-280.

Climie, E. A., & Pexman, P. M. (2008). Eye gaze provides a window on children’s understanding of verbal irony. Journal of Cognition & Development, 9, 257-285.

Pexman, P. M. (2008). It’s fascinating research: The cognition of verbal irony. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17, 287-290.

Pexman, P. M., Hargreaves, I. S., Siakaluk, P. D., Bodner, G. E., & Pope, J. (2008). There are many ways to be rich: Effects of three measures of semantic richness on visual word recognition. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15, 161-167.

Siakaluk, P. D., Pexman, P. M., Aguilera, L., Owen, W. J., & Sears, C. R. (2008). Evidence for the activation of sensorimotor information during visual word recognition: The body-object interaction effect. Cognition, 106, 433-443.

Siakaluk, P. D., Pexman, P. M., Sears, C. R., Wilson, K., Locheed, K., & Owen, W. J. (2008). The benefits of sensorimotor knowledge: Body-object interaction facilitates semantic processing. Cognitive Science, 32, 591-605.

Tillotson, S. M., Siakaluk, P. D., & Pexman, P. M. (2008). Body-Object interaction ratings for 1,618 monosyllabic nouns. Behavior Research Methods, 40, 1075-1078.

Hala, S., Pexman, P. M., & Glenwright, M. (2007). Priming the meaning of homographs in typically developing children and children with autism. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 37, 329-340.

Kerswell, L., Siakaluk, P. D., Pexman, P. M., Sears, C. R., & Owen, W. J. (2007). Homophone effects in visual word recognition depend on homophone type and task demands. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61, 322-327.

Pexman, P. M., Hargreaves, I. S., Edwards, J. D., Henry, L. C., & Goodyear, B. G. (2007). Neural correlates of concreteness in semantic categorization. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 1407-1419.

Pexman, P. M., Lupker, S. J., & Hino, Y. (2007). Cross-modal repetition priming with homophones provides clues about representation in the word recognition system. The Mental Lexicon, 2, 183-214.

Pexman, P. M., Hargreaves, I. S., Edwards, J. D., Henry, L. C., & Goodyear, B. G. (2007). The neural consequences of semantic richness: When more comes to mind, less activation is observed. Psychological Science, 18, 401-406.

Pexman, P. M., & Glenwright, M. (2007). How do typically developing children grasp the meaning of verbal irony? Journal of Neurolinguistics, 20, 178-196.

Siakaluk, P. D., Pexman, P. M., Sears, C. R., & Owen, W. J. (2007). Multiple meanings are not necessarily a disadvantage in semantic processing: Evidence from homophone effects in semantic categorization. Language & Cognitive Processes, 22, 453-467.

Hino, Y., Pexman, P. M., & Lupker, S. J. (2006). Ambiguity and relatedness effects in semantic tasks: Are they due to semantic coding? Journal of Memory & Language, 55, 247-273.

Pexman, P. M., Glenwright, M., Hala, S., Ivanko, S., & Jungen, S. (2006). Children's use of trait information in understanding verbal irony. Metaphor & Symbol, 21, 39-60.

Edwards, J. D., Pexman, P. M., Goodyear, B. G., & Chambers, C. G. (2005). An fMRI investigation of strategies for word recognition. Cognitive Brain Research, 24, 648-662.

Pexman, P. M., Trew, J. L., & Holyk, G. G. (2005). How a PINT can hurt you now but help you later: The time course of priming for word body neighbors. Journal of Memory & Language, 53, 315-341.

Unsworth, S. J., Sears, C. R., & Pexman, P. M. (2005). Cultural influences on categorization processes. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36, 662-688.

Pexman, P. M., Glenwright, M., Krol, A., & James, T. (2005). An acquired taste: Children's perceptions of humor and teasing in verbal irony. Discourse Processes, 40, 259-288.

Edwards, J. D., Pexman, P. M., & Hudson, C. E. (2004). Exploring the dynamics of the visual word recognition system: Homophone effects in LDT and naming. Language & Cognitive Processes, 19, 503-532.

Holyk, G. G., & Pexman, P. M. (2004). The elusive nature of early phonological priming effects: Are there individual differences? Brain & Language, 90, 353-367.

Ivanko, S. L., Pexman, P. M., & Olineck, K. M. (2004). How sarcastic are you? Individual differences and verbal irony. Journal of Language & Social Psychology, 23, 244-271.

Pexman, P. M., Hino, Y., & Lupker, S. J. (2004). Semantic ambiguity and the process of generating meaning from print. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 30, 1252-1270.

Pexman, P. M., & Zvaigzne, M. (2004). Does irony go better with friends? Metaphor & Symbol, 19, 143-163.

Harris, M., & Pexman, P. M. (2003). Children's perceptions of the social functions of verbal irony. Discourse Processes, 36, 147-165.

  • Reprinted in R. W. Gibbs and H. L. Colston (Eds.) (2007). Irony in Language and Thought. (pp. 447-466). New York, NY: Erlbaum.

Ivanko, S. L., & Pexman, P. M. (2003). Context incongruity and irony processing. Discourse Processes, 35, 241-279.

Pexman, P. M., Holyk, G. G., & Monfils, M.-H. (2003). Number of features effects and semantic processing. Memory & Cognition, 31, 842-855.

Unsworth, S. J., & Pexman, P. M. (2003). The impact of reader skill on phonological processing in visual word recognition. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 56A, 63-81.

Hino, Y., Lupker, S. J., & Pexman, P. M. (2002). Ambiguity and synonymy effects in lexical decision, naming and semantic categorization tasks: Interactions between orthography, phonology and semantics. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 28, 686-713.

Pexman, P. M., Lupker, S. J., & Hino, Y. (2002). The impact of feedback semantics in visual word recognition: Number of features effects in lexical decision and naming tasks. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 9, 542-549.

Pexman, P. M., & Olineck, K. M. (2002). Does sarcasm always sting? Investigating the impact of ironic insults and ironic compliments. Discourse Processes, 33, 199-217.

Pexman, P. M., & Olineck, K. M. (2002). Understanding irony: How do stereotypes cue speaker intent? Journal of Language & Social Psychology, 21, 245-274.

Pexman, P. M., Lupker, S. J., & Reggin, L. D. (2002). Phonological effects in visual word recognition: Investigating the impact of feedback activation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 28, 572-584.

Pexman, P. M., Lupker, S. J., & Jared, D. (2001). Homophone effects in lexical decision. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 27, 139-156.

Pexman, P. M., Ferretti, T. R., & Katz, A. N. (2000). Discourse factors that influence on-line reading of metaphor and irony. Discourse Processes, 29, 201-222.

  • Reprinted in R. W. Gibbs and H. L. Colston (Eds.) (2007). Irony in Language and Thought. (pp. 231-252). New York, NY: Erlbaum.
  • Reprinted in P. Hanks and R. Giora (Eds.) (2010). Metaphor and Figurative Language: Critical Concepts in Linguistics. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Pexman, P. M., & Lupker, S. J. (1999). Ambiguity and visual word recognition: Can feedback explain both homophone and polysemy effects? Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 53, 267-279.

Pexman, P. M., Cristi, C., & Lupker, S. J. (1999). Facilitation and interference from formally similar word primes in a naming task. Journal of Memory & Language, 40, 195-229.

Pexman, P. M., & Lupker, S. J. (1998). Word naming and memory load: Still searching for an individual differences explanation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 24, 803-821.

Katz, A. N., & Pexman, P. M. (1997). Interpreting figurative statements: Speaker occupation can change metaphor to irony. Metaphor & Symbol, 12, 19-41.   

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