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A conference that may be of interest:

Irony and Related Figurative Uses

Royal Institute of Philosophy Workshop

Computer Science and Philosophy Departments
University of Birmingham
Wednesday 15th of June 2011
Room 149, ERI Building, University of Birmingham Campus

11.15 Introduction
John Barnden (University of Birmingham)
11.30-12.30 “Irony, Pretence, and Metalinguistic Negation”
Gregory Currie & Francesco Gentile (University of Nottingham)
12.30-13.30 “Social Stereotypes and Irony Comprehension in Autism”
Francesca Ervas (University of Cagliari & Jean Nicod Institute, Paris)
13.30-14.30 Lunch
14.30-15.30 “When Irony Targets Other Figures”
Mihaela Popa (University of Birmingham)
15.30-16.30 “A Contrastive Look at the Processing of Metaphor and Hyperbole”
Felicity Deamer (University College, London)
16.30-17.00 Tea and Coffee Break
17.00-18.00 “Metaphor and Pretence”
John Barnden (University of Birmingham)
18.30-... Drinks and Dinner

Irony is an exceptionally subtle feature of communication, and continues to present serious challenges to the task of teasing out the nature of meaning and how people understand language. The purpose of this Royal Institute of Philosophy workshop is to discuss new lines of thought that have recently arisen on irony and it relationship to other types of figurative language such as metaphor and hyperbole. The workshop will bring together perspectives from Philosophy, Linguistics, Psychology and Artificial Intelligence.

The workshop is open to all audiences, and there is no attendance fee (refreshments will be free, but drinks and dinner will not be included). If you intend to attend the workshop, please email Dr Jussi Suikkanen (j.v.suikkanen@bham.ac.uk) to book a place.