Abstract
Irony is commonly thought of as a trope, consisting of saying the opposite of what one means; the latter is then inferentially retrieved, i.e., an implicature. This definition is in error since there exist cases of irony that do not involve the violation of truth. Various theories of irony emphasize different aspects of the phenomenon, such as negation, mention of speakers’ words, contrast, inappropriateness, pretense, saliency of the meaning, etc. A considerable amount of research has described the processing of irony, and in particular the order in which meanings are accessed, and the markers and functions of irony in discourse.
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