Addressing the Challenge of Verbal Irony
Getting Serious about Sarcasm Training
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5900577 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Penny M Pexman (0000-0001-7130-0973), Lorraine Reggin, Kate Lee (0000-0002-8329-079X) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 23 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/languages4020023 |
| OpenAlex | W2936672476 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 111 |
In verbal irony, the speaker's intended meaning can be counterfactual to the literal meaning of their words. This form of figurative language can help speakers achieve a number of communicative aims, but also presents an interpretive challenge for some listeners. There is debate about the skills that support the acquisition of irony comprehension in typical development, and about why verbal irony presents a challenge for many individuals, including children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders and second-language learners. Researchers have explored teaching verbal irony in a very small number of training studies in disparate fields. We bring together and review this limited research. We argue that a focus on training studies in future research could address a number of theoretical questions about irony comprehension and could help refine interventions for individuals who struggle with this form of social language
Comprehension · Figure of speech · Irony · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Meaning (existential · Metaphor · Reading (process · Reading comprehension · Sarcasm · Action Observation and Synchronization · Child and Animal Learning Development · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 1,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |