Adapted from "Irony and Sarcasm" by Roger Kreuz (MIT Press, 2020). Reprinted with permission from MIT Press. In February 1996, Alanis Morissette released the fourth single from “Jagged Little ...

In general, irony is used to provide commentary on unexpected and negative outcomes. Sarcasm, on the other hand, is most frequently used to disparage the actions of other people.

Irony in digital communication In the realm of textspeak, without ready access to the non-verbal cues that we often draw upon to interpret irony, miscommunication is rife.

How to Detect Sarcasm with Artificial Intelligence Humans make inferences about tone and meaning, but algorithms can find hidden relationships between words to detect irony and intentional falsehood.

The brain that grasps sarcasm — or its more sophisticated cousin, irony — is an organ of pleasure. Molly Jong-Fast of the Daily Beast is an ace sarcastic tweeter.

I would like to suggest that what the world needs now is a refresher course in irony, the use of language to express the opposite of intent, and its snarky sibling, sarcasm, that is, irony with ...

The study of sarcasm and verbal irony recognition integrates research from linguistics, cognitive neuroscience and psychology to elucidate how humans decode subtle non-literal meanings in ...

What irony is, why it matters, and how it's used in communication—not least to establish empathy.