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Publication details [#44554]

Okamoto, Shigeko. 2006. Perception of Hiniku and Oseji: How Hyperbole and Orthographically Deviant Styles Influence Irony-Related Perceptions in the Japanese Language. Discourse Processes 41 (1) : 25–50.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

hyperbole | influencing | irony | perception2

Language as a subject

Japanese

Place, Publisher

Erlbaum

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This paper examines how hyperbole and orthographically deviant writing styles affect the perception of 'quasi-irony', and 'quasi-flattery' in Japanese.