Contrast of Kind Versus Contrast of Magnitude: The Pragmatic Accomplishments of Irony and Hyperbole

By Herbert L. Colston, Jennifer E. O'Brien. 2000

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Philosophy

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Ofer Fein
2. R. Giora
3. A. Cieślicka

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1. R. Giora

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• Expecting Irony: Context Versus Salience-Based Effects (2007, background): “On the assumption that irony stands in some contrast to (the salient meanings of the components of) what is said ( Carston, 2002 ; Colston, 2002 ; Colston & O'Brien, 2000 ; Giora, 1995 ), it would require complex processes of adjustment to contextual information even when the latter is highly pre”