ABSTRACT This article discusses the complexity in ironic echoic mention from the perspective of Cognitive Linguistics. It builds on the scenario-based approach to irony where ironic meaning is treated as a contextually adjustable meaning inference resulting from a clash between an echoed and an observed scenario. The article discusses five ways of endowing the ironic echo with complexity: (i) through the degree of elaboration of the cultural and sociohistorical references in it; (ii) through echoic compounding; (iii) through the creation of echoic chains; (iv) through the construction of cumulative echoes; and (v) through the creation of multi-operational echoes, which incorporate the cognitive operations involved in other figurative uses of language such as metaphor, metonymy, and hyperbole. The first strategy addresses the contextualized content of the ironic echo, while the other strategies are a matter of its conceptual structure. In addition, the article studies the role of echoic marking in creating strengthened ironic effects similar to those achieved through cumulative echoes and compares complexity in ironic echoing with other cases of conceptual complexity. Finally, it discusses the role of echoic complexes within the scenario-based approach. The resulting analysis of ironic echoes endows the study of this phenomenon with greater descriptive delicacy and explanatory systematicity than previous accounts, while contemplating irony within the broader picture of complexity in conceptualization.

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反讽复杂性的认知语言学方法：剖析反讽回声

摘要 本文从认知语言学的角度探讨了反讽回声提及的复杂性。它建立在基于场景的讽刺方法之上，其中讽刺意义被视为一种上下文可调整的意义推理，这是由回声和观察到的场景之间的冲突产生的。文章讨论了赋予讽刺回声复杂性的五种方式：（i）通过其中的文化和社会历史参考的详细程度；(ii) 通过回声复合；(iii) 通过创建回声链；(iv) 通过构建累积回波；(v) 通过创建多操作回声，这些回声结合了语言的其他比喻用法中涉及的认知操作，例如隐喻、转喻和夸张。第一个策略涉及讽刺回声的语境化内容，而其他策略则是其概念结构的问题。此外，本文研究了回声标记在创造类似于通过累积回声实现的强化讽刺效果方面的作用，并将讽刺回声的复杂性与概念复杂性的其他情况进行了比较。最后，它讨论了回声复合体在基于场景的方法中的作用。由此产生的对反讽回声的分析赋予了对这一现象的研究比以前的描述更大的描述细腻和解释系统性，同时在概念化复杂性的更广泛画面中考虑反讽。这篇文章研究了回声标记在创造类似于通过累积回声实现的强化讽刺效果方面的作用，并将讽刺回声的复杂性与概念复杂性的其他情况进行了比较。最后，它讨论了回声复合体在基于场景的方法中的作用。由此产生的对反讽回声的分析赋予了对这一现象的研究比以前的描述更大的描述细腻和解释系统性，同时在概念化复杂性的更广泛画面中考虑反讽。这篇文章研究了回声标记在创造类似于通过累积回声实现的强化讽刺效果方面的作用，并将讽刺回声的复杂性与概念复杂性的其他情况进行了比较。最后，它讨论了回声复合体在基于场景的方法中的作用。由此产生的对反讽回声的分析赋予了对这一现象的研究比以前的描述更大的描述细腻和解释系统性，同时在概念化复杂性的更广泛画面中考虑反讽。