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Irony and Sarcasm

Author : Roger Kreuz
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262538261
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Irony and Sarcasm written by Roger Kreuz and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of two troublesome words. Isn't it ironic? Or is it? Never mind, I'm just being sarcastic (or am I?). Irony and sarcasm are two of the most misused, misapplied, and misunderstood words in our conversational lexicon. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, psycholinguist Roger Kreuz offers an enlightening and concise overview of the life and times of these two terms, mapping their evolution from Greek philosophy and Roman rhetoric to modern literary criticism to emojis. Kreuz describes eight different ways that irony has been used through the centuries, proceeding from Socratic to dramatic to cosmic irony. He explains that verbal irony—irony as it is traditionally understood—refers to statements that mean something different (frequently the opposite) of what is literally intended, and defines sarcasm as a type of verbal irony. Kreuz outlines the prerequisites for irony and sarcasm (one of which is a shared frame of reference); clarifies what irony is not (coincidence, paradox, satire) and what it can be (among other things, a socially acceptable way to express hostility); recounts ways that people can signal their ironic intentions; and considers the difficulties of online irony. Finally, he wonders if, because irony refers to so many different phenomena, people may gradually stop using the word, with sarcasm taking over its verbal duties.

Irony and Sarcasm

Author : Roger Kreuz
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262357305
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Irony and Sarcasm written by Roger Kreuz and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of two troublesome words. Isn't it ironic? Or is it? Never mind, I'm just being sarcastic (or am I?). Irony and sarcasm are two of the most misused, misapplied, and misunderstood words in our conversational lexicon. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, psycholinguist Roger Kreuz offers an enlightening and concise overview of the life and times of these two terms, mapping their evolution from Greek philosophy and Roman rhetoric to modern literary criticism to emojis. Kreuz describes eight different ways that irony has been used through the centuries, proceeding from Socratic to dramatic to cosmic irony. He explains that verbal irony—irony as it is traditionally understood—refers to statements that mean something different (frequently the opposite) of what is literally intended, and defines sarcasm as a type of verbal irony. Kreuz outlines the prerequisites for irony and sarcasm (one of which is a shared frame of reference); clarifies what irony is not (coincidence, paradox, satire) and what it can be (among other things, a socially acceptable way to express hostility); recounts ways that people can signal their ironic intentions; and considers the difficulties of online irony. Finally, he wonders if, because irony refers to so many different phenomena, people may gradually stop using the word, with sarcasm taking over its verbal duties.

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Humor

Author : Salvatore Attardo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317551168
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Language and Humor written by Salvatore Attardo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Language and Humor presents the first ever comprehensive, in-depth treatment of all the sub-fields of the linguistics of humor, broadly conceived as the intersection of the study of language and humor. The reader will find a thorough historical, terminological, and theoretical introduction to the field, as well as detailed treatments of the various approaches to language and humor. Deliberately comprehensive and wide-ranging, the handbook includes chapter-long treatments on the traditional topics covered by language and humor (e.g., teasing, laughter, irony, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, the major linguistic theories of humor, translation) but also cutting-edge treatments of internet humor, cognitive linguistics, relevance theoretic, and corpus-assisted models of language and humor. Some chapters, such as the variationist sociolinguistcs, stylistics, and politeness are the first-ever syntheses of that particular subfield. Clusters of related chapters, such as conversation analysis, discourse analysis and corpus-assisted analysis allow multiple perspectives on complex trans-disciplinary phenomena. This handbook is an indispensable reference work for all researchers interested in the interplay of language and humor, within linguistics, broadly conceived, but also in neighboring disciplines such as literary studies, psychology, sociology, anthropology, etc. The authors are among the most distinguished scholars in their fields.

Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks

Author : Keith Houston
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393064425
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks written by Keith Houston and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing the secret history of punctuation, this tour of two thousand years of the written word, from ancient Greece to the Internet, explores the parallel histories of language and typography throughout the world and across time.

Studying Verbal Irony and Sarcasm

Author : Natalia Banasik-Jemielniak
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303157172X
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Studying Verbal Irony and Sarcasm written by Natalia Banasik-Jemielniak and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modeling Irony

Author : Inés Lozano-Palacio
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027258147
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Modeling Irony by : Inés Lozano-Palacio

Download or read book Modeling Irony written by Inés Lozano-Palacio and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book adopts a broad cognitive-pragmatic perspective on irony which sees ironic meaning as the result of complex inferential activity arising from conflicting conceptual scenarios. This view of irony is the basis for an analytically productive integrative account capable of bridging gaps among disciplines and of recontextualizing and solving some controversies. Among the topics covered in its pages, readers will find an overview of previous linguistic and non-linguistic approaches. They will also find definitional and taxonomic criteria, an exhaustive exploration of the elements of the ironic act, and a study of their complex forms of interaction. The book also explores the relationship between irony, banter and sarcasm, and it studies how irony interacts with other figurative uses of language. Finally, the book spells out the conditions for “felicitous” irony and re-interprets traditional ironic types (e.g., Socratic, rhetoric, satiric, etc.), in the light of the unified approach it proposes.

Automatic Cyberbullying Detection: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Author : Ptaszynski, Michal E.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522552502
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Book Synopsis Automatic Cyberbullying Detection: Emerging Research and Opportunities by : Ptaszynski, Michal E.

Download or read book Automatic Cyberbullying Detection: Emerging Research and Opportunities written by Ptaszynski, Michal E. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-11-02 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the prevalence of social network service and social media, the problem of cyberbullying has risen to the forefront as a major social issue over the last decade. Internet hate, harassment, cyberstalking, cyberbullying—these terms, which were almost unknown 10 years ago—are in the everyday lexicon of all internet users. Unfortunately, it is becoming increasingly difficult to undertake continuous surveillance of websites as new ones are appearing daily. Methods for automatic detection and mitigation for online bullying have become necessary in order to protect the online user experience. Automatic Cyberbullying Detection: Emerging Research and Opportunities provides innovative insights into online bullying and methods of early identification, mitigation, and prevention of harassing speech and activity. Explanations and reasoning for each of these applied methods are provided as well as their pros and cons when applied to the language of online bullying. Also included are some generalizations of cyberbullying as a phenomenon and how to approach the problem from a practical technology-backed point of view. The content within this publication represents the work of deep learning, language modeling, and web mining. It is designed for academicians, social media moderators, IT consultants, programmers, education administrators, researchers, and professionals and covers topics centered on identification methods and mitigation of internet hate and online harassment.

Irony in Language Use and Communication

Author : Angeliki Athanasiadou
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027264821
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Irony in Language Use and Communication written by Angeliki Athanasiadou and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Irony

Author : Joana Garmendia
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107092639
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Irony written by Joana Garmendia and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible introduction to the pragmatics of irony that presents the main theoretical approaches and central discussions of the analysis of ironic communication.

Verbal Irony: Theories and Automatic Detection

Author : Michael Fell
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656093652
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Verbal Irony: Theories and Automatic Detection written by Michael Fell and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Speech Science / Linguistics, grade: 1,0, Saarland University (Computerlinguistik), course: Computational Approaches to Creative Language, language: English, abstract: Human communication often involves the use of irony. In many cases, it is far from obvious if an utterance is meant ironical or not. Context and world knowledge are needed to discriminate literal from ironic intent. Linguists have worked on describing the nature of irony and come up with ideas which reflect the intuitive understanding of irony. Parallely, computational linguists are confronted with the challenge of automatically detecting irony. When an utterance contains irony, the only chance of getting the intent, is understanding and interpreting the irony in it. I review different theories of irony in chapter 2. Chapter 3 describes the state-of-the-art of automatic irony detection, covers the importance of corpus study for future research and proposes a fusion between theory, corpus study and automatic detection.

The Pragmatics of Irony and Banter

Author : Manuel Jobert
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027264236
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book The Pragmatics of Irony and Banter written by Manuel Jobert and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-04-25 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pragmatics of Irony and Banter is the first book-length study analysing irony and banter together. This approach, inherited from Geoffrey Leech’s research, implies that the two notions are intrinsically related. In this thought-provoking volume, the various contributors (linguists, stylisticians, discourse analysts and literary scholars), while not necessarily agreeing on every aspect of this theoretical premise, discuss and develop the idea. In turn, they consider the workings of these two discursive practices in various corpora (face-to-face or digitally-mediated interactions, novels, comedy shows, etc.) thus providing a wealth of examples and case studies. This well-balanced positioning helps the reader to develop a better understanding of these complex discursive practices that play a crucial part in everyday interaction. Steering a course between traditional perspectives and new theoretical approaches, this innovative and exciting way of looking at irony and banter will no doubt open new avenues for research.

The Semantics/pragmatics Distinction

Author : Claudia Bianchi
Publisher : Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Semantics/pragmatics Distinction written by Claudia Bianchi and published by Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion. This book was released on 2004 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Speech and Computer

Author : Alexey Karpov
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783030602758
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Speech and Computer written by Alexey Karpov and published by Springer. This book was released on 2020-10-05 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Speech and Computer, SPECOM 2020, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in October 2020. The 65 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 160 submissions. The papers present current research in the area of computer speech processing including speech science, speech technology, natural language processing, human-computer interaction, language identification, multimedia processing, human-machine interaction, deep learning for audio processing, computational paralinguistics, affective computing, speech and language resources, speech translation systems, text mining and sentiment analysis, voice assistants, etc. Due to the Corona pandemic SPECOM 2020 was held as a virtual event.

The Sarcasm Handbook

Author : Lawrence Dorfman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510723277
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Sarcasm Handbook written by Lawrence Dorfman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the bestselling Snark series comes the premiere guide to satire, sneering, jeering, and mockery in their finest forms. A surviving knight of many a verbal joust, Larry Dorfman has become an expert at backhanded sass and cathartic banter. Featuring life lessons from the master himself, as well as quotes and quips by some of history’s sarcastic greats, The Sarcasm Handbook teaches readers how to deflect stupidity and express their inner dissatisfaction with a keen sensibility, hushing subtlety, and wisecrack wit. Included in these invaluable teachings are chapters on achieving the right tone, sarcastic bastards in history, as well as scenarios depicting some of the greatest moments in sarcasm. So pick up your copy today and start learning the art of disparagement through passive aggressiveness!

Getting Through

Author : Roger Kreuz
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262340615
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Getting Through written by Roger Kreuz and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding how culture affects the ways we communicate—how we tell jokes, greet, ask questions, hedge, apologize, compliment, and so much more. We can learn to speak other languages, but do we truly understand what we are saying? How much detail should we offer when someone asks how we are? How close should we stand to our conversational partners? Is an invitation genuine or just pro forma? So much of communication depends on culture and context. In Getting Through, Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts offer a guide to understanding and being understood in different cultures. Drawing on research from psychology, linguistics, sociology, and other fields, as well as personal experience, anecdotes, and popular culture, Kreuz and Roberts describe cross-cultural communication in terms of pragmatics—exploring how language is used and not just what words mean. Sometimes this is easy to figure out. If someone hisses “I'm fine!” though clenched teeth, we can assume that she's not really fine. But sometimes the context, cultural or otherwise, is more nuanced. For example, a visitor from another country might be taken aback when an American offers a complaint (“Cold out today!”) as a greeting. And should you apologize the same way in Tokyo as you would in Toledo? Kreuz and Roberts help us navigate such subtleties. It's a fascinating way to think about human interaction, but it's not purely academic: The more we understand one another, the better we can communicate, and the better we can communicate, the more we can avoid conflict.

Sarcasm and Other Mixed Messages

Author : Patricia Ann Rockwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sarcasm and Other Mixed Messages written by Patricia Ann Rockwell and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarcasm, like other mixed messages, creates problems for senders and receivers because receivers cannot be certain of the sender's intent. This book analyzes the social implications of this common, yet confusing, communicative behavior.

Changing Minds

Author : Roger Kreuz
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262042592
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Changing Minds written by Roger Kreuz and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why language ability remains resilient and how it shapes our lives. We acquire our native language, seemingly without effort, in infancy and early childhood. Language is our constant companion throughout our lifetime, even as we age. Indeed, compared with other aspects of cognition, language seems to be fairly resilient through the process of aging. In Changing Minds, Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts examine how aging affects language—and how language affects aging. Kreuz and Roberts report that what appear to be changes in an older person's language ability are actually produced by declines in such other cognitive processes as memory and perception. Some language abilities, including vocabulary size and writing ability, may even improve with age. And certain language activities—including reading fiction and engaging in conversation—may even help us live fuller and healthier lives. Kreuz and Roberts explain the cognitive processes underlying our language ability, exploring in particular how changes in these processes lead to changes in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. They consider, among other things, the inability to produce a word that's on the tip of your tongue—and suggest that the increasing incidence of this with age may be the result of a surfeit of world knowledge. For example, older people can be better storytellers, and (something to remember at a family reunion) their perceived tendency toward off-topic verbosity may actually reflect communicative goals.