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Humorous phenomena in dramatic discourse
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2013 The paramount goal of this paper is to tease out a number of universal communicative phenomena which carry humour appreciated by the recipient of a drama series, based on data culled from a famous medical drama series, “House”.
Marta Dynel
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Jeu et ironie dans Plans de futur de Màrius Serra
Catalonia, 2017 We here study the different modalities of irony – situational or verbal – and its role in Plans de futur de Màrius Serra, a novel of 2013 that tells freely the life of the mathematician from Figueres Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer (1912-1967), and the ...
Mònica Güell
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The Phenomenal Aspects of Irony according to Søren Kierkegaard
Open Theology, 2020 The aim of the text is to characterise some phenomenal aspects of irony (particularly, of the ironic speech acts), which may be found in the Kierkegaardian reflection concerning diverse ironic attitudes of individuals, mainly of Christians.
Gołębiewska Maria
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Understanding sarcasm in modern communicative behavior [PDF]
Актуальные проблемы филологии и педагогической лингвистикиThis paper examines sarcasm, defined as a pointed, malicious mockery. Sarcasm relates to other forms of humorous reactions to phenomena that provoke negative emotions, such as irony, banter, satire, and dark humor.
Vladimir I. Karasik
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SUSh Scientific Proceedings, 2022 The article refers to the translation peculiarities of situational irony on the basis of S. Maugham’s “Three Fat Women of Antibes”. Irony, as a stylistic device, plays a significant role in literature. Perceiving irony is not an easy task as it depends on different factors, such as cultural knowledge, the reader’s interpretative skills, background ...
G. Barkhudaryan, H. Isahakyan
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ON THE PROSODIC CUES OF VERBAL IRONY IN A SITUATION COMEDY
, 2023 Irony is defined as an instrument used by the speaker to communicate the opposite of real message they intend to convey. However, a number of studies agree in considering irony an attitude related to the need of protecting the personal image of the speaker. To date, relatively few studies have focused on the acoustic analysis of verbal irony.
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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 +2 more
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AI &Innovation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Generative AI is radically transforming how creative authorship is understood, attributed, and governed across the world’s cultural and creative industries. As AI systems increasingly produce outputs that organisations and audiences recognise as creative, foundational assumptions about who authors creative work, who receives credit for it, and
Ololade A. Shonubi
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Comprehension of implicit meanings in social situations involving irony: A functional MRI study
NeuroImage, 2007 To understand implicit social meanings, the interaction of literal meanings and relevant information in a situational context is important. However, previous studies have not investigated such contextual interactions. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we investigated cortical mechanisms underlying the processing of implicit meanings ...
Keisuke Wakusawa +9 more
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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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