Reactions to irony in discourse: evidence for the least disruption principle

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1239-1256

  Eisterhold, Jodi ^a   Attardo, Salvatore ^a   Boxer, Diana ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'Bulge' theory; Abductive inference; Ambiguity; Bona Fide (BF) mode; Indirectness; Irony; Laughter; Least Disruption Principle (LDP); Non Cooperative Principle (NCP); Sarcasm; Sociolinguistic variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746886246     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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