While classical theories on rhetoric cluster figurative devices like metaphor, hyperbole, and
irony under the encompassing category of tropes, current theories and research typically …

Theorists have debated whether our ability to understand sarcasm (pertaining here to verbal
irony) is principally determined by the context or by properties of the comment itself. The …

Using a corpus of mainly Arabic political cartoons, this article investigates the relationship
between multimodal impoliteness and metaphorical creativity. It offers an interesting and …

Mobile apps are very popular. However, this is not true for every app, with some apps
receiving millions of downloads, while other apps are mostly ignored. We investigate the …

Cancellability is an essential feature of implicatures. However, its reliability has been
challenged by several cases and examples in which conversational implicatures seem to be …

Taxonomic studies of dreams that continue to influence the dreamer's thoughts and feelings
after awakening have distinguished three types of impactful dreams: nightmares, existential …

We report an experiment investigating how stimulus complexity and conceptual fluency (ie,
the ease of deriving meaning) influence aesthetic liking judgments for abstract artworks. We …

What are the constraints rendering stimuli, such as Alert he is not; He is not the most
organized person around; Hospitality is not his best attribute; Do you really believe you are …

We introduce a three-dimensional model for irony research, which is an extension of Steen's
(2008, 2011) three-dimensional model of metaphor and similarly argues that the study of …

This paper advances an approach to presupposition rooted in the concept of commitment, a
dialectical notion weaker than truth and belief. It investigates ancient medieval dialectical …