Irony and Humor

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From pragmatics to discourse

Leonor Ruiz Gurillo M. Belén Alvarado Ortega(Herausgeber*in)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Erschienen im August 2013

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Irony and Humor
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Table of contents
The pragmatics of irony and humor
1. What is new in pragmatics of irony and humor?
1.1 Irony
1.2 Humor
1.3 Irony and humor
2. The content of this volume
Acknowledgments
References:
Part 1. Irony and humor Pragmatic perspectives
The power of inversion: Irony, from utterance to discourse
1. Introduction. What is irony? A non-insignificant question
2. From what is said to what is implied: An extended version of irony
3. Irony and humor: A coin called contrast
4. From utterance to discourse
5. Concluding remarks: The inverting power of irony
References
Intentionality and irony
1. Introduction
2. Prototypicality of irony
2.1 Irony is evaluative
2.2 Irony conveys the opposite of p
2.3 Irony is a statement
2.4 Irony as an exemplar category
2.5 Conclusion
3. Intentionality and irony
3.1 Unintentional actions
3.2 Irony is subconscious
3.3 Indeterminacy of irony
3.4 Idiomatic and canned irony
3.5 Conclusion
4. Conclusion
References
An inference-centered analysis of jokes: The intersecting circles model of humorous communication
1. Introduction
2. Utterance interpretation as mutual parallel adjustment
3. Make-sense frames and interaction
4. Cultural frames
5. Mind reading and predicted humorous effects
6. Utterance interpretation and humorous effects
7. Make-sense frames and cultural frames in joke interpretation
8. Towards a new typology of jokes: the Intersecting Circles Model
9. Humorous effects as mutual parallel adjustment
10. Concluding remarks
References
Part 2. Irony and humor in mediated discourse
Discursive mechanisms of informative humor in Spanish media
1. Introduction
2. Media humor
2.1 Media humor formats based on the information about Spanish current news
2.2 Conditions of media informative humor
3. Mechanisms to construct this media humor
3.1 Data analysis
4. Informative parody
5. Conclusion
Transcription convention
References
Narrative strategies in Buenafuente's humorous monologues
1. Introduction
2. A pragmatic model for verbal humor and for humorous monologue
2.1 General Theory of Verbal Humor (GTVH)
2.2 A revisited model for humorous texts
3. Idiosyncratic aspects of Narrative Strategy in Buenafuente's monologues
4. Register
4.1 Register features
4.2 From the written script to the dramatized monologue
4.3 An example: Retrasos horarios
5. Text: an expositive-argumentative sequence
6. Genre
6.1 Rethorical aspects of Buenafuente's monologues
6.2 The humorous plot: jab lines and the punch line
7. Conclusion
References
Cartoons in Spanish press: A pragmatic approach
1. Introduction
2. Defining the genre: graphic jokes and/or cartoons
3. Framework
3.1 The cognitive perspective
3.2 The semantic-linguistic perspective
3.3 The pragmatic perspective
4. Analysis
4.1 A flexible quality prerequisite
4.2 Lies
4.3 The principle of cooperation and the contextualization indexes
4.4 Interpretation levels and access to meaning
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
References
Phonological humor as perception and representation of foreignness
1. Introduction
2. Phonological humor as perception and representation of foreignness
3. Phonological jokes: a phenomenon in languages and about languages
3.1 Data and research method
3.2 Contrastive analysis of phonological jokes and strategies
4. Humor contexts and the dynamics of joking in phonological jokes
4.1 Cultural context
4.2 Social context
4.3 Individual context
4.4 Comparative context
5. Phonological jokes as a widespread phenomenon
6. Phonological jokes as a distinct category
7. Conclusions and directions for future research
References
Part 3. Irony and humor in conversational interaction
Failed humor in conversational utterances in Spanish
1. Introduction
2. Humor as a competence or a performance
3. Humor appreciation in conversation
3.1 Recognition
3.2 Understanding
3.3 Appreciation
3.4 Agreement
4. Lack of agreement: Failed humor
4.1 Conversational strategies in failed humor
5. Failed humor in the speaker
5.1 Self-humor
5.2 Toward the listener
5.3 Toward a situation
5.4 Toward an absent person
6. Failed humor in the listener
7. Conclusion
References
Humor and argumentation in everyday talk
1. Introduction
2. Humor in conversation
3. Humor and argumentation
4. Dialectical uses of humor: data analysis
4.1 Replying
4.2 Story
4.3 Arguing
4.4 Decision taking
5. Conclusions
References
Tackling the complexity of spontaneous humorous interaction
1. Introduction
2. Aspects of a socio-cognitive account of meaning
2.1 Common ground and intersubjectivity
2.2 Layered meaning
2.3 A look at irony
3. The Corinth corpus: Design and classroom use
4. Parameters of the Corinth corpus
4.1 Discursive embeddedness
4.2 Humor-theoretical parameters
4.3 Linguistic features of humorous utterances
5. Two final examples
6. Conclusion
References
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