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The bicoherence theory of situational irony [PDF]
Cognitive Science, 2001 AbstractSituational irony concerns what it is about a situation that causes people to describe it as ironic. Although situational irony is as complex and commonplace as verbal and literary irony, it has received nowhere near the same attention from cognitive scientists and other scholars. This paper presents the bicoherence theory of situational irony,
C Shelley +2 more
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IRONY IN CHARLES DICKEN'S OLIVER TWIST
Englisia, 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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Cognitive and pragmatic potential of the fiction text: intentionality and implication of irony
Известия Южного федерального университета: Филологические науки, 2016 The article examines the intentionality and implication of irony from the perspective of its producer and recipient, which allows to identify and describe the functions of irony.
Zaur A. Zavrumov
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Irony and Sarcasm in Ethical Perspective [PDF]
Open Philosophy, 2020 Irony and sarcasm are two quite different, sometimes morally dubious, linguistic tropes. We can draw a distinction between them if we identify irony as a speech act that calls what is bad good and, correspondingly, sarcasm calls good bad.
Airaksinen Timo
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Stereotyping ideal Woman in American blogs
Signo, 2022 : An ideal woman stereotype presents a verbalized standard of what is most desirable in a woman. A middle class housewife, who fanatically pursues her goal to be an ideal woman is designated the Stepford Wife.
Svitlana Lyubymova
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Strategic Model Analysis of the Crisis Network Communication [PDF]
Актуальные проблемы филологии и педагогической лингвистики, 2022 This article focuses on the analysis of strategies and tactics variation within the modern network communication, which is a result of the dynamic implementation of a new “crisis-based” concept & valor space under the stimulus-reactive process of ...
Sergey N. Bredikhin
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Problematizing Situational Irony: A Critical Study on Hardy’s An Imaginative Woman
JoLLA: Journal of Language, Literature, and Arts, 2021 Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to comprehend how situational irony in Thomas Hardy’s short fiction entitled An Imaginative Woman conceptualized a tension of irony in readers’ perceptiveness. To this aim, this study tries to examine the relation among aspects: the story plot, characterizations, focalizations, and narrator’s comments.
Asmaul Qusnaini +2 more
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BLACK HUMOUR: ORIGIN DESCRIPTION AND AN ATTEMPT OF IDENTIFICATION [PDF]
Вісник університету ім. А. Нобеля. Серія Філологічні науки, 2023 The article deals with the study of such black humour aspects as the history of its appearance and attempt of distinguishing among the other types of the comic category, namely humour, irony, satire, and sarcasm.
Iryna A. Blynova.
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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-FayūmIrony 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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’n Perspektief op ironie in die hedendaagse Afrikaanse taalgebruik
Literator, 2001 A discussion of irony in contemporary Afrikaans The purpose of this article is to investigate the nature of irony as used in contemporary Afrikaans language.
T. van der Merwe
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