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Explaining children’s comprehension of verbal irony

Pragmatics & Cognition
Several theories explain how adults understand verbal irony, but only a few have been generalized to explain children’s comprehension of verbal irony.
Melanie Glenwright, Caelan Budhoo
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Verbal irony

Abstract The aim of the chapter is to re-consider the cognitive and linguistic processes involved as to what makes verbal irony. Looking across its different functions, the chapter argues that it is the conceptual frames that constitute the accepted process in the production of verbal irony.
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THE SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF VERBAL IRONY

jlse, 1997
Afin de critiquer et de rectifier la theorie standard de l'ironie verbale developpee par Quintilien, l'A. propose ici une etude detaillee de la structure semantique de cette figure rhetorique. D'une part, il montre que la theorie de Quintilien est trop vaste parce qu'elle peut s'appliquer a des locutions qui ne sont pas ironiques.
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Children's Understanding of the Meaning and Functions of Verbal Irony

Child Development, 1996
We investigated children's understanding of irony and sensitivity to irony's meanness and humor. In Study 1, 89 participants (5-6-year-olds, 8-9-year-olds, adults) heard ironic and literal criticisms, and literal compliments. Comprehension of irony emerged between 5 and 6 years of age.
S, Dews, E, Winner, J, Kaplan, E, Rosenblatt, M, Hunt, K, Lim, A, McGovern, A, Qualter, B, Smarsh   +8 more
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Verbal Irony Against an Antagonist

Metaphor and Symbol, 1999
Some verbal irony can be conceived as strategy to handle an antagonist. The decision to attack or to appease, as in the case of ironic euphemism, depends on the social context of the power relationship between the speaker and the intended target or potential antagonist.
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4. Humor in verbal irony

2010
This chapter aims to show that irony in conversation may have a humorous effect as a result of the perception of the incompatibility or incongruity between two simultaneous ‘readings’ or interpretations, following current linguistic theories of verbal humor that submit that a humorous text is characterized by the simultaneous presence of two ...
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The Production and Processing of Verbal Irony

Metaphor and Symbol, 2000
The articles in this issue of Metaphor and Symbol address the topic of verbal irony from 3 perspectives: adult comprehension and production, child comprehension, and neuropsychological underpinnings. These approaches are complementary and hold the promise of providing converging evidence for testing theories of verbal irony.
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Comedic convergence: Humor responses to verbal irony in text messages

Language sciences, 2023
Andrew A. Coolidge, Carolyn Montagnolo, S. Attardo   +2 more
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Paraverbal Expression of Verbal Irony: Vocal Cues Matter and Facial Cues Even More

Journal of nonverbal behavior, 2021
Marc Aguert
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The evaluative palette of verbal irony

2014
In this chapter we present the results of both a theoretical and empirical study on the evaluative character of verbal irony. Our main research concern was to provide evidence as to whether all cases of verbal irony are ‘critical’ in nature or not, both by means of theoretical reflection and by presenting the results of a survey whose questions were ...
Laura Alba-Juez, Salvatore Attardo
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