Shir Givoni
List of John Benjamins publications in which Shir Givoni is involved.
Articles
2021 On figurative ambiguity, marking, and low-salience meanings Figurative Language – Intersubjectivity and Usage, Soares da Silva, Augusto (ed.), pp. 241–284 | Chapter
This paper discusses the phenomenon of marked ambiguation, when more than one meaning of an ambiguity is simultaneously applicable, and outlines an account for such marking within the Low-Salience Marking Hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, ambiguity markers (e.g., double entendre, in the… read more
2017 Chapter 10. Defaultness shines while affirmation pales: On idioms, sarcasm, and pleasure Irony in Language Use and Communication, Athanasiadou, Angeliki and Herbert L. Colston (eds.), pp. 219–236 | Chapter
The Defaultness Hypothesis (Giora et al., 2015c) maintains that it is Defaultness that reigns supreme, superseding all factors known to affect processing initially, such as degree of Non/literalness, Nonsalience, Context strength, or Affirmation. Here we focus on weighing degree of Defaultness… read more