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Publication details [#27805]

Kreuz, Roger J. and Kristen E. Link. 2002. Assymetries in the use of verbal irony. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 21 (2) : 127–143.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

comprehensibility | function | irony | verbal behavior

Place, Publisher

Sage Periodical Press

ISBN

0261-927X

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This study discusses various hypotheses on and factors affecting verbal irony processing, such as expectations, event outcome, outcome evaluations and shared common ground. It further illuminates the complex pragmatic factors that determine verbal irony understanding.