Irony in Language and Thought: A Cognitive Science Reader

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Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007. — x, 607 pages. — ISBN 978-1-4106-1668-5.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 formcontext in irony comprehensionsocial functions of ironythe development of irony understandingsituational 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.IntroductionA Brief History of IronyTheories of IronyOn the Pretense Theory of IronyOn Verbal IronyHow About Another Piece of Pie: The Allusional Pretense Theory of Discourse IronyOn Necessary Conditions for Verbal Irony ComprehensionIrony As Relevant InappropriatenessContext in Irony ComprehensionOn the Psycholinguistics of Sarcasm Irony: Context and SalienceNeuropsychological Studies of SarcasmDiscourse Factors That Influence Online Reading of Metaphor and IronyObligatory Processing of Literal Meaning of Ironic Utterances: Further EvidenceIrony: Negation, Echo, and MetarepresentationThe Social Functions of IronyWhy Not Say It Directly? The Social Functions of IronySalting a Wound or Sugaring a Pill: The Pragmatic Functions of Ironic CriticismIrony in Talk Among FriendsFrom “Blame by Praise” to “Praise by Blame:” Analysis of Vocal Patterns in Ironic CommunicationResponding to Irony in Different Contexts: On Cognition in ConversationDevelopment of Irony UnderstandingA Developmental Test of Theoretical Perspectives on the Understanding of Verbal Irony: Children’s Recognition of Allusion and Pragmatic InsincerityChildren’s Comprehension of Critical and Complimentary Forms of Verbal IronyChildren’s Perceptions of the Social Functions of Verbal IronySituational Irony: A Concept of Events Gone AwrySituational Irony: A Concept of Events Gone AwryVerbal Irony As Implicit Display of Ironic Environment: Distinguishing Ironic Utterances From NonironyThe Bicoherence Theory of Situational IronyConclusionThe Future of Irony Studies