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demonstrating that dimensions are perceptually made up of two opposite poles and an intermediate region consisting either of point
or range properties. Applying this schema it became clear that, on the one hand what previous evidence-based literature mostly
focuses on is the idea that for an ironic meaning to be detected there must be a contrast between two poles or
within a pole; on the other hand, that there is room for new investigations concerning whether it is possible
to make ironic comments containing poles to refer to intermediate situations (i.e. situations perceived as neither one
pole nor the other) or, vice versa, to make ironic comments containing intermediates to refer to polarized
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