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Ironic speakers, vigilant hearers
Auteur(s)
Nausicaa Pouscoulous
University College London
Date de parution
2023-04-04
In
Intercultural Pragmatics
Vol.
20
No
2
De la page
111
A la page
132
Revu par les pairs
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Résumé
Verbal irony characteristically involves the expression of a derogatory, dissociative attitude. The ironical speaker is not only stating a blatant falsehood or irrelevant proposition; she is also communicating her stance towards its epistemic status. The centrality of attitude recognition in irony understanding opens up the question of which cognitive abilities make it possible. Drawing on Wilson (2009), we provide a full-fledged account of the role of epistemic vigilance in irony understanding and suggest that it relies on the exercise of first- and second-order vigilance towards the content, the ironic speaker as well as the source of the irony.
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