2.3. Experimental Stimuli and Design
The subjects were asked to answer a ‘Yes/No’ question about sentences
containing either SRC or ORC. An example sentence-question pair can be
seen below (3). The sentences were adapted from Traxler et al. (2002)
and translated into Turkish. To ensure that each sentence consists of 10
words, adjectives or adverbs were used, where necessary. The full
stimuli list can be found in Appendix A (Full Stimuli List). There were
24 sentence-questions pairs (i.e., trials) in total. The number of
SRC-containing and ORC-containing sentences was equal. Furthermore, the
questions were arranged in a way that both SRC and ORC conditions
required an equal number of ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ answers (i.e., 6 ‘Yes’ and 6
‘No’ in both conditions).
(3) Oyun kurucudan nefret eden defans oyuncusu kötü bir espri yaptı.