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The Complexity of Irony with its Types and Layers to Displaying the Vices of the Society in Jane Austen's Emma [PDF]

Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Adāb - Ǧāmiʿaẗ Al-Fayūm
Irony is not a simple stylistic device used in literary work to enrich its meaning and themes. Irony is essential to both the writer's and the readers' cultural backgrounds.
ماجد محمد عبد الفتاح حسن
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Irony in MacNeice’s poetry (Irony

Journal 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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Multimodal Human–Robot Interaction Using Human Pose Estimation and Local Large Language Models

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A multimodal human–robot interaction framework integrates human pose estimation (HPE) and a large language model (LLM) for gesture‐ and voice‐based robot control. Speech‐to‐text (STT) enables voice command interpretation, while a safety‐aware arbitration mechanism prioritizes gesture input for rapid intervention.
Nasiru Aboki, Ilche Georgievski, Marco Aiello   +2 more
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Recognizing Communicative Intentions Lies at the Heart of Irony Processing; and Bilinguals Might do it Better: A Literature Review

Psychology of Language and Communication
Bilinguals perform better in interpreting intentions, the pillar of irony comprehension. As bilingualism becomes normal, exploring the role of the second language (L2) in irony comprehension seems invaluable. Evidence suggests that L2 proficiency impacts
Chełminiak Paweł
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Comprehension of Ironic Utterances by Bilingual Children

Psychology of Language and Communication, 2016
This study investigates verbal irony comprehension by 6-year old bilingual children speaking Polish and English and living in the USA. Researchers have predominantly focused on monolingual populations when examining non-literal language in young children.
Banasik Natalia, Podsiadło Kornelia
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Irony Comprehension in the Nonnative Language Comes at a Cost

Psychology of Language and Communication, 2016
Irony as a communicative phenomenon continues to puzzle. One of the key questions concerns cognitive and linguistic mechanisms underpinning irony comprehension.
Bromberek-Dyzman Katarzyna, Rataj Karolina   +1 more
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Between Laughter and Humility: Functions of Irony in the Middle English Poem Patience [PDF]

Alfred Nobel University Journal of Philology
The article explores the poetics of irony in the Middle English poem Patience, a distinctive reinterpretation of the biblical story of Jonah and an important example of fourteenth-century alliterative poetry.
Kseniia Vielchieva
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Vernacular Futurism: How Persian Language Users Imagine AI

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public discourse about artificial intelligence increasingly unfolds through compressed forecasts, moral warnings, and everyday speculation circulating at platform speed. This study examines how Persian language users on X construct and contest AI futures, analyzing a corpus of 4741 posts collected between January 2023 and December 2025, with ...
Arthur Asa Berger, Ehsan Shahghasemi
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Contrasting Dimensions behind the Use of Irony and Humour in Times of Crisis

Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium, 2023
In this article the discourse of irony and humor is explored in two sets of memes generated in times of crisis, namely the recent Covid pandemic and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Laura Alba-Juez
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