Verbal irony is a clever twist of language that keeps conversations interesting and adds humor by contrasting what is said with what is meant. Whether it's Michael Scott from "The Office ...

There are three different types of irony: dramatic, situational and verbal. Here’s what they mean. 1. In a case of ...

These chapters explore the significance of irony, both verbal and situational, in language, thought, human action, and artistic expression. They cover five main themes: the scope of irony in human ...

We don't always recognize irony right away. An interdisciplinary research team at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt am Main found that irony is primarily signaled by ...

They have ranged from verbal harassment to denial of services to physical attacks. There is no way to know to what extent President Trump’s insistence on calling COVID-19 the “China Virus ...

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Taking the form of a nineteen-sixties documentary, Robert Kolodny’s début feature goes behind the scenes of a real-life boxer ...

Whether it’s Coach Prime picking verbal fights with everybody in sight or his son throwing ... it’s a soliloquy rich with ...

With Donald Trump in the mix, enforcement of the agreed-upon rules of debate format never had a chance, partly because ABC, ...

He has studied how and why people use nonliteral language (such as exaggeration and verbal irony), the discourse strategies employed in both oral and written language, and how communication is ...