Verbal Irony in Translation: LXX Amos 4:4–5, Isaiah 47:12–13, Ezekiel 28:3–5

Is Verbal Irony Special?

The way we speak can reveal much about what we intend to communicate, but the words we use often only indirectly relate to the meanings we wish to convey. Verbal irony is a commonly studied form of indirect speech in which a speaker produces an explicit evaluative utterance that implicates an unstated, opposing evaluation. Producing and understanding ironic language, as well as many other types...

Recognizing Verbal Irony in Spontaneous Speech

We explored the differential impact of auditory information and written contextual information on the recognition of verbal irony in spontaneous speech. Based on relevance theory, we predicted that speakers would provide acoustic disambiguation cues when speaking in situations that lack other sources of information, such as a visual channel. We further predicted that listeners would use this in...

Asymmetries in the Use of Verbal Irony

Where is the humor in verbal irony?

Irony is often related to humor, both in spoken and written language. One possibility is that humor arises once people reconcile the incongruity between what speakers say and imply when using irony. Humor automatically emerges in these cases given the release of tension following a momentary sense of disparity. Our claim is that this proposal does not capture many of the dynamic complexities in...

Verbal irony use in personal blogs

Verbal irony use in personal blogs Juanita M. Whalen a , Penny M. Pexman a , Alastair J. Gill b & Scott Nowson c a Department of Psychology , University of Calgary , 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary , Alberta , Canada , T2N 1N4 b Centre for Research in Social Simulation, Department of Sociology , University of Surrey , Guildford , GU2 7EX , UK c Appen Pty Ltd. , NorthTower, Level 6, Chatswood Cen...