Irony In Language And Thought

Author : Raymond W. Gibbs,Herbert L. Colston
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Irony
ISBN : 9780805860627

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Irony in Language and Thought by Raymond W. Gibbs,Herbert L. Colston Pdf

Irony in Language and Thought assembles an interdisciplinary collection of seminal empirical and theoretical papers on irony in language and thought into one comprehensive book. A much-needed resource in the area of figurative language, this volume centers on a theme from cognitive science - that irony is a fundamental way of thinking about the human experience. The editors lend perspective in the form of opening and closing chapters, which enable readers to see how such works have furthered the field, as well as to inspire present and future scholars. Featured articles focus on the following topics: theories of irony, addressing primarily comprehension of its verbal form context in irony comprehension social functions of irony the development of irony understanding situational irony. Scholars and students in psychology, linguistics, philosophy, literature, anthropology, artificial intelligence, art, and communications will consider this book an excellent resource. It serves as an ideal supplement in courses that present major ideas in language and thought.

Author : Angeliki Athanasiadou,Herbert L. Colston
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027264824

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Irony in Language Use and Communication by Angeliki Athanasiadou,Herbert L. Colston Pdf

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.

Author : Angeliki Athanasiadou,Herbert L. Colston
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110652246

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The Diversity of Irony by Angeliki Athanasiadou,Herbert L. Colston Pdf

Although the figure of irony has enjoyed extensive attention through important contributions to the diverse literatures addressing figurative thought and language, it still remains relatively in the background compared to other figures such as metaphor and metonymy. The present volume, together with a 2017 collection by Angeliki Athanasiadou and Herbert L. Colston, aims to the further exploration of verbal and situational irony, its gestural accompaniments, its comprehension and interpretation, its constructional diversity and its cooperation with other figures such as metaphor and hyperbole. The present volume is a highly interesting collection of chapters dealing with both theoretical investigations and descriptive applications of a central figure pervading human thought and language. Its aim is to draw more attention to irony’s diversity and its concomitant connections to other aspects of figurativeness.

Author : Inés Lozano-Palacio,Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027258144

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Modeling Irony by Inés Lozano-Palacio,Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez Pdf

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.

Author : Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr,Herbert L. Colston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 945 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781108968676

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The Cambridge Handbook of Irony and Thought by Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr,Herbert L. Colston Pdf

The Cambridge Handbook of Irony and Thought offers the first comprehensive collection of chapters in multidisciplinary irony scholarship. These chapters explore the significance of irony, both verbal and situational, in language, thought, human action, and artistic expression. They cover five main themes: the scope of irony in human experience; irony's impact (both personal and in social life); irony in linguistic communication; irony and affect, and irony in expressive contexts. Contributions come from a wide range of academic disciplines, including psychology, linguistics, philosophy, literature, computer science, film and media studies, and music, making this a truly cross-disciplinary collection of benefit to a wide range of students and researchers.

Author : Albert N. Katz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780195109627

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Figurative Language and Thought by Albert N. Katz Pdf

Our understanding of the nature and processing of figurative language is central to issues in cognitive science, including the relationship of language and thought, how we process language, and how we comprehend abstract meaning. Points on these and related questions are raised and argued by experts in the area of figurative language.

Author : Angeliki Athanasiadou,Herbert L. Colston
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110648669

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The Diversity of Irony by Angeliki Athanasiadou,Herbert L. Colston Pdf

Although the figure of irony has enjoyed extensive attention through important contributions to the diverse literatures addressing figurative thought and language, it still remains relatively in the background compared to other figures such as metaphor and metonymy. The present volume, together with a 2017 collection by Angeliki Athanasiadou and Herbert L. Colston, aims to the further exploration of verbal and situational irony, its gestural accompaniments, its comprehension and interpretation, its constructional diversity and its cooperation with other figures such as metaphor and hyperbole. The present volume is a highly interesting collection of chapters dealing with both theoretical investigations and descriptive applications of a central figure pervading human thought and language. Its aim is to draw more attention to irony’s diversity and its concomitant connections to other aspects of figurativeness.

Author : Marta Dynel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501507922

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Irony, Deception and Humour by Marta Dynel Pdf

This book offers fresh perspectives on untruthfulness entailed in various forms of irony, deception and humour, which have so far constituted independent foci of linguistic and philosophical investigation. These three distinct (albeit sometimes co-occurring) notions are brought together within a neo-Gricean framework and consistently discussed as representing overt or covert untruthfulness. The postulates that represent the interface between language philosophy and pragmatics are illustrated with scripted interactions culled from the series House, which help appreciate the complexities of the three concepts at hand. Apart from affording new insights into the nature of irony, deception and humour, this book critically examines previous literature on these notions, as well as relevant aspects of Grice's philosophy of language. Giving a state-of-the-art picture of untruthfulness, this publication will be of interest to both experienced and inexperienced researchers studying Grice’s philosophy, irony, deception and/or humour.

Author : Manuel Jobert,Sandrine Sorlin
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027264237

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The Pragmatics of Irony and Banter by Manuel Jobert,Sandrine Sorlin Pdf

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.

Author : Natalia Banasik-Jemielniak
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031571725

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Studying Verbal Irony and Sarcasm by Natalia Banasik-Jemielniak Pdf

Author : Kevin Newmark
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780823240128

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Irony on Occasion by Kevin Newmark Pdf

What is it about irony - as an object of serious philosophical reflection and a literary technique of considerable elasticity - that makes it an occasion for endless critical debate? This book responds to that question by focusing on several key moments in German romanticism and its afterlife in twentieth-century French thought and writing. Rather than provide a history of irony, it examines particular occasions of ironic disruption, thus offering an alternative model for conceiving of historical occurrences and their potential for acquiring meaning.

Author : Raymond Chakhachiro
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781527524989

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Translating Irony between English and Arabic by Raymond Chakhachiro Pdf

This book challenges entrenched literary views that promote the impracticality of linguistic, stylistic and functional approaches to the analysis and translation of irony. It considers these scientific fields of enquiry as the building blocks on which ironic devices in English and Arabic are grounded, and according to which the appropriateness of the methods of translation in the literature is assessed in a quest to pin down an interactive model for the interpretation and translation of irony. The book ventures into contrastive linguistic and stylistic analyses of irony in Arabic and English from literary, linguistic and discourse perspectives. It sheds light on the interpretation and the linguistic realisation of irony in Arabic and English through an interdisciplinary approach, and, consequently, identifies similarities and discrepancies in the form and function of ironic devices between these languages. As such, it will appeal to professional translators, instructors and students of translation, as well as language learners, language teachers and researchers in cross-cultural and inter-pragmatic disciplines.

Author : Albert N. Katz Professor of Psychology University of Western Ontario,Cristina Cacciari Professor of Psychology University of Bologna,Santa Cruz Raymond W. Gibbs Jr. Professor of Psychology University of California,College Park Mark Turner Jr. Professor of English Language and Literature University of Maryland
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998-08-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195355147

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Figurative Language and Thought by Albert N. Katz Professor of Psychology University of Western Ontario,Cristina Cacciari Professor of Psychology University of Bologna,Santa Cruz Raymond W. Gibbs Jr. Professor of Psychology University of California,College Park Mark Turner Jr. Professor of English Language and Literature University of Maryland Pdf

Our understanding of the nature and processing of figurative language is central to several important issues in cognitive science, including the relationship of language and thought, how we process language, and how we comprehend abstract meaning. Over the past fifteen years, traditional approaches to these issues have been challenged by experimental psychologists, linguists, and other cognitive scientists interested in the structures of the mind and the processes that operate on them. In Figurative Language and Thought, internationally recognized experts in the field of figurative language, Albert Katz, Mark Turner, Raymond W. Gibbs Jr., and Cristina Cacciari, provide a coherent and focused debate on the subject. The book's authors discuss a variety of fundamental questions, including: What can figures of speech tell us about the structure of the conceptual system? If and how should we distinguish the literal from the nonliteral in our theories of language and thought? Are we primarily figurative thinkers and consequently figurative language users or the other way around? Why do we prefer to speak metaphorically in everyday conversation, when literal options may be available for use? Is metaphor the only vehicle through which we can understand abstract concepts? What role do cultural and social factors play in our comprehension of figurative language? These and related questions are raised and argued in an integrative look at the role of nonliteral language in cognition. This volume, a part of Counterpoints series, will be thought-provoking reading for a wide range of cognitive psychologists, linguists, and philosophers.

Author : Joana Garmendia
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107092631

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Irony by Joana Garmendia Pdf

An accessible introduction to the pragmatics of irony that presents the main theoretical approaches and central discussions of the analysis of ironic communication.

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Memorable Classics Books
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf