Abstract The relationship between irony and sarcasm has been much discussed and yet there is still little agreement on how the two relate at a theoretical level, as Attardo (2000: 795) notes “there is no consensus on whether irony and sarcasm are essentially the same thing […] or if they differ significantly”. The aim of this paper is to take a user-perspective and report on how participants in everyday conversations in the UK and Italy talk about irony and sarcasm and what kinds of authentic behaviors are described using these labels. These findings are discussed with reference to the academic concepts of irony and sarcasm to investigate how the lay and academic perspectives relate.

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反讽与讽刺之间的关系：一阶元语言研究的启示

摘要讽刺和讽刺之间的关系已被广泛讨论，但在理论上如何两者之间的联系仍未达成共识，正如Attardo（2000：795）指出的：“关于讽刺和讽刺本质上是否相同，尚无共识。 […]或它们之间有很大差异”。本文的目的是从用户角度出发，并报告英国和意大利的日常对话参与者如何谈论讽刺和嘲讽以及使用这些标签描述哪些真实行为。参照讽刺和讽刺的学术概念讨论了这些发现，以调查外行和学术观点之间的关系。