An ironic fist in a velvet glove: Creative mis-representation in the construction of ironic similes

Minds and Machines

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 635-650

  Hao, Yanfen ^a   Veale, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Expectation; Irony; Mis representation; Pretence; Sentiment

Indexed keywords

EXPECTATION; IRONY; MIS-REPRESENTATION; PRETENCE; SENTIMENT;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 78650746047     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11023-010-9211-1     Document Type: Article

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