Abstract In this paper, the Gricean notion of explicit cancellability Grice’s original spelling is “cancelability”. is used as a testable characteristic, able to indicate different degrees of strength for different types of (ironic) implicatures. According to the definition adopted for this analysis, implicature strength is determined by the likelihood of retrieval of an implicature in a specific context and, essentially, by the degree of certainty that the hearer maintains about the correctness of the inferred interpretation. Ironic implicature strength is considered the product of various factors (“factors of implicature strength”), some of which are always present (such as the type and strength of assumptions on which a derivation is based), while others are optional and appear in tandem with specific irony strategies. Irony strategies are categorized into two general types (meaning reversal and meaning replacement), which are expected to show different degrees of implicature strength, being influenced by different factors. For the experimental testing of the hypotheses, subjects were presented with the task of judging the acceptability of the explicit cancellation of various implicated (ironic, as well as non-ironic) meanings. Findings show significant differences between irony types in terms of cancellability (measured as acceptability of cancellation – AC), under the influence of (i) type of syllogism and associated assumptions, (ii) co-textual cues, and (iii) humorous framing.

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具有讽刺意味的暗示强度和明确的可取消性测试

摘要在本文中，Gricean明确可取消性的概念Grice的原始拼写是“可取消性”。用作可测试的特征，能够针对不同类型的（讽刺性）暗示表示不同程度的强度。根据此分析所采用的定义，隐含强度取决于在特定上下文中检索隐含性的可能性，并且基本上取决于听众对推断的解释的正确性的确定程度。具有讽刺意味的暗示强度被认为是各种因素（“暗示强度的因素”）的乘积，其中某些因素始终存在（例如推导所基于的假设的类型和强度），而其他因素则是可选的，并串联出现具有特定的讽刺策略。具有讽刺意味的策略可分为两种通用类型（含义反转和含义替换），它们受不同因素的影响，有望表现出不同程度的隐含强度。为了对假设进行实验检验，受试者被赋予了判断各种隐含（讽刺性和非讽刺性）含义被明确取消的可接受性的任务。研究结果表明，在以下方面的影响下，具有讽刺意味的类型在可取消性（衡量为取消的可接受性-AC）方面存在显着差异：（i）三段论的类型和相关假设，（ii）共语暗示和（iii）幽默构架。为了对假设进行实验检验，受试者被赋予了判断各种隐含（讽刺性和非讽刺性）含义被明确取消的可接受性的任务。研究结果表明，在以下方面的影响下，具有讽刺意味的类型在可取消性（衡量为取消的可接受性-AC）方面存在显着差异：（i）三段论的类型和相关假设，（ii）共语暗示和（iii）幽默构架。为了对假设进行实验检验，受试者被赋予了判断各种隐含（讽刺性和非讽刺性）含义被明确取消的可接受性的任务。研究结果表明，在以下方面的影响下，具有讽刺意味的类型在可取消性（衡量为取消的可接受性-AC）方面存在显着差异：（i）三段论的类型和相关假设，（ii）共语暗示和（iii）幽默构架。