Does Sarcasm Always Sting? Investigating the Impact of Ironic Insults and Ironic Compliments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11273065 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Penny M Pexman (0000-0001-7130-0973, University of Calgary, corresponding author), Kara M Olineck (University of Calgary) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 199-217 |
| Publication date | 2002-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Processes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-853X • E-ISSN: 1532-6950 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1207/s15326950dp3303_1 |
| OpenAlex | W1984587708 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 55 |
| References cited | 23 |
In previous research, there have been inconsistent findings regarding interpretation of ironic insults. Colston (1997) reported that irony enhances the criticism conveyed by a more direct insult, but Dews and Winner (1995; Dews, Kaplan & Winner, 1995) reported that irony mutes the criticism conveyed by more direct insult. In this study we examined the possibility that the perception of ironic insults depends on whether participants were asked to judge speaker intent (e.g., mocking) or social impression (e.g., politeness). Results supported this possibility because ironic insults were perceived to be more mocking, but also more polite, than direct insults. In contrast, ironic compliments were perceived to be more mocking and less polite than direct compliments
Art · Cognitive psychology · Criticism · Expression (computer science · Insult · Interpretation (philosophy · Irony · Linguistics · Literature · Perception · Politeness · Sarcasm · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Irony as a Means of Perception Through Communication Channels. Emotions, Attitude and IQ Related to Irony Across Gender
Impoliteness
Social perception of English irony
Joana Garmendia, Irony
Uncovering echoic mechanisms in verbal irony comprehension
Humor at work
Context and working memory capacity affect the processing of written irony in chinese
The Humor Advantage
Judging emoji by occupation
Examining the emotional impact of sarcasm using a virtual environment
The role of verbal irony in conflict talk among relatives and friends in an Argentinian community
It’s (More Than) Personal
Individual Differences in Verbal Irony Use
Does Irony Go Better With Friends
Children's Use of Trait Information in Understanding Verbal Irony
Intonation influences how children and adults interpret sarcasm
Development of children's ability to distinguish sarcasm and verbal irony
Middle ground approach to paradox
Risky business
“A bit of salt, a bit of pepper, and a bit of irony
Contextual Factors That Trigger Sarcasm
How to put yourself in someone else’s shoes
Understanding Irony in Literary Texts
Humor style predicts sarcasm use – evidence from Turkish speakers
The effect of instruction on L2 learners’ ability to use verbal irony online
Impoliteness reciprocity online
The ironical Chinese bei-construction and its accessibility to English speakers
Ironic Message Production
The role of social status in sarcasm interpretation
Sarcasm Across Time and Space
Irony, Prosody, and Social Impressions of Affective Stance
Ironic Expression Can Simultaneously Enhance and Dilute Perception of Criticism
Context Incongruity and Irony Processing
How Do Children Respond to Verbal Irony in Face-to-Face Communication? The Development of Mode Adoption Across Middle Childhood
The Sarchasm
Which contextual and sociocultural information predict irony perception
The Roles of Politeness and Humor in the Asymmetry of Affect in Verbal Irony
An Acquired Taste
When Sarcasm Stings
Selective View of the Last 50 Years of the Experimental Psycholinguistics of Idiom, Metaphor, and Irony
Children's Perceptions of the Social Functions of Verbal Irony
No, No One Had Fun. Individual Differences in Nonliteral Language Perception
Do They Really Mean It? Children’s Inference of Speaker Intentions and the Role of Age and Gender
Addressing the Challenge of Verbal Irony
Beyond stereotypes
Is Verbal Irony Special
A study of Chinese learners' ability to comprehend irony
Non-observance of Gricean maxims in family dinner table conversation
The interaction of the Maxim of Quality and face concerns
Modality matters
Beyond sarcasm
Individual Differences in Irony Use Depend on Context
Global Second Language Proficiency Predicts Self-Perceptions of General Sarcasm Use Among Bilingual Adults
How Sarcastic are You
Understanding Irony
Metaphors We Live By
On the psycholinguistics of sarcasm.
How to be sarcastic
Logic and Conversation
Irony in Talk Among Friends
Irony in Talk Among Friends
Interpreting Figurative Statements
Irony
The Role of Authorial Intent in Determining Verbal Irony and Metaphor
Muting the Meaning A Social Function of Irony
On Being Ironic
Commentary on Nonliteral Language
Subjective motion and English and Japanese verbs
Understanding figurative and literal language
Salting a wound or sugaring a pill
Why not say it directly? The social functions of irony
Discourse Factors That Influence Online Reading of Metaphor and Irony
On irony and negation
On the uses of sarcastic irony
The functions of sarcastic irony in speech
| Unique citing works | 55 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,29 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2026 (25) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 54 |