An Analysis of Self-mockery in Conversational Implicature

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10.2991/ifmca-16.2017.53How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Self-mockery; conversational implicature; cooperative principle

Abstract

Self-mockery, as an indispensable communicative device, has been playing an important role in our life. It can adjust intense atmosphere in communication, alleviate mental pressure and amend participants' relationship Self-mockery, mocks oneself apparently, but in fact it is not. Because, it is on the one hand, taken as a irony, on the other hand, as a kind of humor.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Minlin Wen
AU  - Yali Chen
PY  - 2017/03
DA  - 2017/03
TI  - An Analysis of Self-mockery in Conversational Implicature
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 International Forum on Mechanical, Control and Automation (IFMCA 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 337
EP  - 345
SN  - 2352-5401
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