Publications
Publication details [#18453]
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Journal WWW
Annotation
On the nature of verbal irony: is it a subtype of echoic use of language (cf. Sperber and Wilson), or a form of indirect negation (cf. Giora)? Both approaches are evaluated with a focus on the cognitive abilities that the processing of verbal irony requires. Sperber and Wilson's approach is favored.