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The Roles of Politeness and Humor in the Asymmetry of Affect in Verbal Irony

Pages 3-24 | Published online: 08 Jun 2010

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Kathrin Rothermich, Susannah Dixon, Marti Weiner, Madison Capps, Lixue Dong, Sébastien Paquette & Ning Zhou. (2022) Perception of speaker sincerity in complex social interactions by cochlear implant users. PLOS ONE 17:6, pages e0269652.
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Maël Mauchand, Jonathan A. Caballero, Xiaoming Jiang & Marc D. Pell. (2021) Immediate online use of prosody reveals the ironic intentions of a speaker: neurophysiological evidence. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 21:1, pages 74-92.
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Camiel J. Beukeboom & Christian Burgers. (2019) Seeing bias in irony: How recipients infer speakers’ stereotypes from their ironic remarks about social-category members. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 23:7, pages 1085-1102.
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Natalia Banasik-Jemielniak & Barbara Bokus. (2019) Children’s Comprehension of Irony: Studies on Polish-Speaking Preschoolers. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 48:5, pages 1217-1240.
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Nikos Vergis. (2019) How to put yourself in someone else’s shoes: The role of point-of-view in the interpretation of mixed messages. Intercultural Pragmatics 16:2, pages 219-238.
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María Isabel Kalbermatten. (2018) The role of verbal irony in conflict talk among relatives and friends in an Argentinian community. Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 6:2, pages 299-319.
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Michael Hoppmann. (2017) Competition and conflict between communicative norms. Journal of Argumentation in Context 6:2, pages 220-246.
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Nikos Vergis. (2017) The interaction of the Maxim of Quality and face concerns: An experimental approach using the vignette technique. Journal of Pragmatics 118, pages 38-50.
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Ruth Filik, Emily Brightman, Chloe Gathercole & Hartmut Leuthold. (2017) The emotional impact of verbal irony: Eye-tracking evidence for a two-stage process. Journal of Memory and Language 93, pages 193-202.
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Ivana Bianchi, Carla Canestrari, Anna Maria Roncoroni, Roberto Burro, Erika Branchini & Ugo Savardi. (2017) The effects of modulating contrast in verbal irony as a cue for giftedness. HUMOR 30:4.
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Christian Burgers & Camiel J. Beukeboom. (2014) Stereotype Transmission and Maintenance Through Interpersonal Communication. Communication Research 43:3, pages 414-441.
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Christian Burgers, Camiel J. Beukeboom, Martinke Kelder & Martine M. E. Peeters. (2015) How Sports Fans Forge Intergroup Competition Through Language: The Case of Verbal Irony. Human Communication Research 41:3, pages 435-457.
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Ruth Filik, Christian Mark Hunter & Hartmut Leuthold. (2015) When language gets emotional: Irony and the embodiment of affect in discourse. Acta Psychologica 156, pages 114-125.
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Eva Filippova. (2014) Developing appreciation of irony in Canadian and Czech discourse. Journal of Pragmatics 74, pages 209-223.
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István Pálinkás. (2014) Blending and folk theory in an explanation of irony. Review of Cognitive Linguistics 12:1, pages 64-98.
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Jun Yao, Jie Song & Michael Singh. (2013) The ironical Chinese bei-construction and its accessibility to English speakers. Journal of Pragmatics 55, pages 195-209.
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Christian Burgers, Margot van Mulken & Peter Jan Schellens. (2012) Verbal Irony. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 31:3, pages 290-310.
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Christian Burgers, Margot van Mulken & Peter Jan Schellens. (2012) Type of evaluation and marking of irony: The role of perceived complexity and comprehension. Journal of Pragmatics 44:3, pages 231-242.
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