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Affective Twist in Irony Processing

open access: yesHumana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies, 2012
Traditionally irony has been researched as a verbal mode of communicating non-literal meaning. Yet, the extant literal/non-literal meaning oriented research provided conflicting evidence and failed to explain how irony vs. non-irony is processed.
Katarzyna Bromberek-Dyzman
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Irony as Inferred Contradiction [PDF]

open access: yesRussian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN, 2014
“If we acknowledge the existence of an Irony Principle, we should also acknowledge another ‘higher-order principle’ which has the opposite effect.
Laura Alba-Juez
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On verbal and situational irony

open access: yes, 2021
This chapter treats the notion of ironic echo as subsidiary to the broader notion of epistemic scenario, which applies to both verbal and situational irony.
Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Francisco José [0000-0002-1200-2850]   +3 more
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A strong wink between verbal and emoji-based irony: How the brain processes ironic emojis during language comprehension. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
Emojis are ideograms that are becoming ubiquitous in digital communication. However, no research has yet investigated how humans process semantic and pragmatic content of emojis in real time.
Benjamin Weissman, Darren Tanner
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Analyzing Irony in Classical Kurdish Poetry

open access: yesپژوهشنامه ادبیات کردی, 2021
Poetry and prose, like all other arts, need to use tools to communicate with the audience; irony is one of these tools. Early rhetorical scholars have addressed the significance of irony and its impact on the expression of meaning as well as the indirect
Jaffar Ghahramani
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IRONY IN CHARLES DICKEN'S OLIVER TWIST

open access: yesEnglisia, 2016
This paper describes the types of irony used by Charles Dickens in his notable early work, Oliver Twist, as well as the reasons the irony was chosen. As a figurative language, irony is utilized to express one’s complex feelings without truly saying them.
Ika Kana Trisnawati   +2 more
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Altered Neural Activity during Irony Comprehension in Unaffected First-Degree Relatives of Schizophrenia Patients—An fMRI Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2018
Irony is a type of figurative language in which the literal meaning of the expression is the opposite of what the speaker intends to communicate. Even though schizophrenic patients are known as typically impaired in irony comprehension and in the ...
Róbert Herold   +6 more
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Irony as a Cultural and Language Phenomenon

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2019
The article focuses on irony as a multilateral phenomenon, which is the subject of many spheres: history, philosophy, culture, literature, linguistics etc.
Anna A. Gornostaeva
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“IF EVERYONE COPIES ME, THAILAND WILL BE SO MUCH BETTER OFF”: THE POWER OF VERBAL IRONY IN YOUTH CONVERSATION

open access: yesInternational Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies, 2013
This paper explores the types of verbal irony employed by resilient youth in spontaneous conversation and examines how they use this irony to navigate potentially challenging psychosocial terrain.
E. Leslie Cameron   +4 more
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Irony in MacNeice’s poetry (Irony

open access: yesJournal of the College of Basic Education, 2023
Abstract This study is divided into two sections and a conclusion. Section one is an introduction and critical reception, while section two talks about MacNeice’s poems and the irony in his poetry. Irony in MacNeice’s poetry seeks to present his perception of the world around his perception of the world around him.And while MacNeice does ...
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