Ceravolo Leonardo

The integration of prosody and semantics in non-literal speech: A voxel-wise encoding model approach using large language models

Irony and sarcasm are complex forms of non-literal language that hinge on a misalignment between surface meaning and speaker intent, requiring listeners to integrate contextual, semantic, and prosodic cues. While prior neuroimaging studies have implicated a broad network—including the temporal cortex, the inferior fron...