Ivana Bianchi
List of John Benjamins publications for which Ivana Bianchi plays a role.
Articles
2018 Perceptual opposites and the modulation of contrast in irony Issues in Humour Cognition, Dynel, Marta (ed.), pp. 48–71 | Article
This paper proposes a new way of analyzing the contrast between an ironic comment and the referent context by focusing on the structure of the dimension which the contrast belongs to. This new approach was stimulated by previous experimental studies demonstrating that dimensions are perceptually… read more
2013 From perception of contraries to humorous incongruities Developments in Linguistic Humour Theory, Dynel, Marta (ed.), pp. 3–24 | Article
According to the cognitive approach to humour, the understanding of jokes implies the recognition of an incongruity followed by its resolution. Through our work, we aim to contribute to this strand of research by investigating the link between cognitive processes and the understanding of humour. In… read more