Irony in Language Use and Communication

Editors

Angeliki Athanasiadou | Aristotle University

Herbert L. Colston | University of Alberta

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The volume provides original research and analyses of the multi-faceted conceptual and verbal process(es) of irony. Key topics explored include interdisciplinary perspectives and approaches to the study of irony. Collectively, the papers examine irony from psychology, embodiment studies, philosophy, cognitive linguistics, the connection and impact of irony on culture and (media) communication, different approaches to verbal irony and others—ultimately attempting to model the mechanisms underlying ironic forms and the psycholinguistic motivations for their investigation. The comprehensive treatment of these issues is fundamental for future research on irony and related phenomena, particularly on questions of its usage, the diversity and/or unity of irony and ultimately the interrelationships between figurative thought and language.

[Figurative Thought and Language, 1] 2017. x, 282 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/ftl.1

Table of Contents

Editors and contributors | pp. vii–viii

Foreword | p. x

Introduction: The irony of irony

Herbert L. Colston and Angeliki Athanasiadou | pp. 1–16

Part I. Interdisciplinary perspectives on irony

Chapter 1. Irony performance and perception: What underlies verbal, situational and other ironies?

Herbert L. Colston | pp. 19–42

Chapter 2. How does irony arise in experience?

Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. and Patrawat Samermit | pp. 43–60

Chapter 3. In defense of an ecumenical approach to irony

Robert Willison | pp. 61–84

Part II. Irony, thought and (media) communication

Chapter 4. Introducing a three-dimensional model of verbal irony: Irony in language, in thought, and in communication

Christian Burgers and Gerard J. Steen | pp. 87–108

Chapter 5. On ironic puns in Portuguese authentic oral data: How does multiple meaning make irony work?

Hanna J. Batoréo | pp. 109–126

Chapter 6. Irony and sarcasm in follow-ups of metaphorical slogans

Andreas Musolff | pp. 127–142

Part III. Approaches to verbal irony

Chapter 7. Irony, pretence and fictively-elaborating hyperbole

John A. Barnden | pp. 145–178

Chapter 8. Cognitive modeling and irony

Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez | pp. 179–200

Chapter 9. Irony has a metonymic basis

Angeliki Athanasiadou | pp. 201–216

Part IV. Approaches to studying irony

Chapter 10. Defaultness shines while affirmation pales: On idioms, sarcasm, and pleasure

Rachel Giora, Dalia Meytes, Ariela Tamir, Shir Givoni, Vered Heruti and Ofer Fein | pp. 219–236

Chapter 11. The standard experimental approach to the study of irony: Let us not be hasty in throwing out the baby with the bathwater

Albert Katz | pp. 237–254

Chapter 12. Investigating sarcasm comprehension using eye-tracking during reading: What are the roles of literality, familiarity, and echoic mention?

Alexandra Țurcan and Ruth Filik | pp. 255–276

Name index | pp. 277–278

Subject index

“[T]his cognitively oriented volume commences an important book series which is bound to attract authors and readers from a variety of disciplines, including pragmatics.”

Marta Dynel, University of Łodz, in Journal of Pragmatics, 135 (2018), pp. 4-7

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