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Book SynopsisThis volume provides readers with a broad overview of the different ways that irony emerges in human life, within interpersonal communication, instances of situational irony, literature and artistic creations. It emphasizes the importance of irony in ordinary thought, language, and communication.
Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Irony and thought: the state of the art Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. and Herbert L. Colston; Part II. The Scope of Irony: 2. Kinds of irony: a general theory Gregory Currie; 3. Irony and cognitive operations Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza; 4. The varieties of ironic experience Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr., Patrawat Samermit and Christopher Karzmark; Part III. Irony's Impact: 5. Irony as social work: opposition, expectation violation, and contrast Herbert Colston; 6. Rorty, irony and neoliberalism Claire Colebrook; 7. Irony and its consequences in the public sphere Paul Simpson; Part IV. Irony in Linguistic Communication: 8. Constructions in verbal irony production: the case of rhetorical questions Angeliki Athanasiadou; 9. Tracking the ironical eye: eye tracking studies on irony and sarcasm Salvadore Attardo; 10. Inferring irony online Francisco Yus; 11. Irony and thought: developmental insights Penny Pexman; 12. Vocal strategies in ironic communication Gregory Bryant; 13. Great expectations and EPIC fails: a computational perspective on irony and sarcasm Tony Veale; Part V. Irony, Affect and Related Figures: 14. Irony and humor Marta Dynel; 15. Emotional responses to sarcasm Ruth Filik; 16. Irony, exaggeration and hyperbole: no embargo on the cargo! John Barnden; 17. Irony and its overlap with hyperbole and understatement Laura Neuhaus; 18. Irony and satire Christian Burgers; 19. Hypocrisy and situational irony Cameron Shelley; Part VI. Irony in Expressive, Nonlinguistic Media: 20. Ironies in film James McDowell; 21. An ear for irony Katherine Turner and Sabatino DiBernardo; 22. Pictorial irony and sarcasm Albert Katz.
