The lexicon used in ironic conversations

This article analyses and explains in a qualitative way verbal irony in real conversations noting how they develop when a special context is taken into consideration. As well as this a difference is distinguished between humorous and critical, because irony is not only used to criticise and annoy, b...

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Author: Ramos Quispe, Teresa
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2012
Country:Perú
Institution:Academia Peruana de la Lengua
Repository:Boletín de la Academia Peruana de la Lengua
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.apl.org.pe:article/106
Online Access:https://revistas.apl.org.pe/index.php/boletinapl/article/view/106
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:verbal irony
ironic
humorous aspects
ironía verbal
irónica
humorística
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Summary:This article analyses and explains in a qualitative way verbal irony in real conversations noting how they develop when a special context is taken into consideration. As well as this a difference is distinguished between humorous and critical, because irony is not only used to criticise and annoy, but also to establish a link of complicity among the speakers. The examination of the vocabulary used has been the key note of this investigation because in the conversations literary figures have been found charged with critical irony and that have been used as attenuators to relieve the responsabilities of the speaker. As well as this the hearer will have had to interpret the declarations correctly to discern the pertinent meaning.