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This volume provides a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the phenomenon of verbal irony and sarcasm and the methodological aspects of its study. The chapters employ quantitative and qualitative measures of the use of verbal irony and sarcasm in both adults and children, with methods ranging from questionnaires and comment elicitation through experimental studies to a qualitative analysis of naturalistic data. By examining the phenomena in a range of contexts, the volume also show that cultural norms of communication may affect both the use and understanding of irony in specific ways and should therefore be taken into account in research. …mehr

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This volume provides a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the phenomenon of verbal irony and sarcasm and the methodological aspects of its study. The chapters employ quantitative and qualitative measures of the use of verbal irony and sarcasm in both adults and children, with methods ranging from questionnaires and comment elicitation through experimental studies to a qualitative analysis of naturalistic data. By examining the phenomena in a range of contexts, the volume also show that cultural norms of communication may affect both the use and understanding of irony in specific ways and should therefore be taken into account in research.
Autorenporträt
Natalia Banasik-Jemielniak, Ph.D., Institute of Psychology at The Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw. She studies topics at the intersection of linguistics and psychology, with a special interest in irony. Piotr Käowski, Ph.D., University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw. His research interests focus on the individual differences in verbal irony. Maria Zaj¿czkowska, Ph.D., School of Psychology at the University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw. Verbal irony comprehension and use have always been a major focus of her research interests.