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Irony, historiography, and political criticism : The Porcaria coniuratio [PDF]

, 2020
This article examines Leon Battista Alberti’s 'Porcaria coniuratio', the historical epistle on Stefano Porcari’s conspiracy against Nicholas V, which was discovered by the pope before the conspirators could carry out the plot, in January 1453.
Celati, Marta
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„Österreichische“ und andere Ironie in den Texten von Olga Flor, Teresa Präauer und Cordula Simon [PDF]

, 2020
Den Ausgangspunkt für den Artikel bildet die Aussage von Kathrin Röggla, derzufolge „Was in Österreich – nicht nur in der Literatur – Tradition hat, ist Ironie“.
Kupczyńska, Kalina
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Celebrating 70: An Interview with Don Berry

, 2012
Donald (Don) Arthur Berry, born May 26, 1940 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, earned his A.B. degree in mathematics from Dartmouth College and his M.A. and Ph.D. in statistics from Yale University.
Inoue, Lurdes Y. T., Irony, Telba Z., Stangl, Dalene   +2 more
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"With 1 follower I must be AWESOME :P". Exploring the role of irony markers in irony recognition

, 2018
Conversations in social media often contain the use of irony or sarcasm, when the users say the opposite of what they really mean. Irony markers are the meta-communicative clues that inform the reader that an utterance is ironic.
Ghosh, Debanjan, Muresan, Smaranda
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El concepto de ironia en K.W.F. Solger [PDF]

, 1988
Solger (1780-1819) distinguishes between apparent irony (a ridiculing attitude that does not permit a person to take anything seriously at all) and true irony, which he considers to be the fundamental, genuine condition of man.
Henckmann, Wolfhart
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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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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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Ironies del destí i visió del món en dues narracions de Víctor Català i Josep Carner [PDF]

, 2014
The current article examines the use of irony in two short stories by Víctor Català and Josep Carner: «Parricidi» and «L¿objecte màgic», respectively.
Gregori Soldevila, Carme
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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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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