Frame-Shifting in Humor and Irony
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Coulson’s (2001) analysis of humor as “frame-shifting” is extended to irony and compared to other current theories of humor and irony, including Giora’s (2003) graded salience model. It is argued that the effects of humor and irony often depend on a subversive relationship between the initial and alternative frames, which adds to both cognitive and social meaning; understanding these effects re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Metaphor and Symbol
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1092-6488,1532-7868
DOI: 10.1207/s15327868ms2004_3