REPRESENTATION OF IRONY IN WHATSAPP GROUP CHAT
This article explores the representation of irony in WhatsApp Group chats, aiming to identify the types of irony and narrate the meaning of the irony used. A case study was geared under Perrine's (1966) and Leech's (1981) analysis of the type of irony. Moreover, the result disclosed that...
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This article explores the representation of irony in WhatsApp Group chats, aiming to identify the types of irony and narrate the meaning of the irony used. A case study was geared under Perrine's (1966) and Leech's (1981) analysis of the type of irony. Moreover, the result disclosed that touches of sarcasm were the favorable choice of irony to express the participants’ feelings. Sarcasm was detected by using uppercase characters, exclamation marks, and teasing words. Hyperbole and understatement were the second participants’ favorite to use to exaggerate reality and make a dramatic situation. Furthermore, implementing irony in daily conversation with decent knowledge is significant to flourish and enrich their linguistic adequacy to avoid misunderstanding and know the appropriate situation manual students' exploitations of irony will.
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| spelling | doaj-art-04e38cf7016742188cc890b7034ea39d2025-02-03T04:43:03ZengEnglish Literature Department, Universitas Bangka BelitungLire Journal2581-21302598-18032023-02-017110.33019/lire.v7i1.180REPRESENTATION OF IRONY IN WHATSAPP GROUP CHATAnna Riana Suryanti Tambunan0Fauziah Khairani Lubis1Winda Setia Sari2Widya Andayani3Moh Hilman Fikri4Universitas Negeri Medan, IndonesiaEnglish Literature Department, Universitas Negeri Medan, IndonesiaEnglish Literature Department, Universitas Negeri Medan, IndonesiaEnglish Literature Department, Universitas Negeri Medan, IndonesiaCenter for Scientific Publication, Universitas Islam Malang, Indonesia This article explores the representation of irony in WhatsApp Group chats, aiming to identify the types of irony and narrate the meaning of the irony used. A case study was geared under Perrine's (1966) and Leech's (1981) analysis of the type of irony. Moreover, the result disclosed that touches of sarcasm were the favorable choice of irony to express the participants’ feelings. Sarcasm was detected by using uppercase characters, exclamation marks, and teasing words. Hyperbole and understatement were the second participants’ favorite to use to exaggerate reality and make a dramatic situation. Furthermore, implementing irony in daily conversation with decent knowledge is significant to flourish and enrich their linguistic adequacy to avoid misunderstanding and know the appropriate situation manual students' exploitations of irony will. https://lirejournal.ubb.ac.id/index.php/LRJ/article/view/180IronyWhatsAppMemesGroup Chat |
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| title | REPRESENTATION OF IRONY IN WHATSAPP GROUP CHAT |
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| title_short | REPRESENTATION OF IRONY IN WHATSAPP GROUP CHAT |
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