Abstract

SARAIVA-MESSA, Luciana Chequer; BORLOTI, Elizeu  and  BENDER HAYDU, Verônica. Empirical Studies of Irony: Systematic Review and Implications for a Functional Analysis. Av. Psicol. Latinoam. [online]. 2020, vol.38, n.1, pp.218-236.  Epub Feb 20, 2021. ISSN 1794-4724.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.6132.

The irony is a verbal operant under multiple control, therefore, complex, with the function of letting the listener produce a response, usually contrary to what has been said and almost always with the purpose of ridicule. The objective of this article is, from a systematic review of literature, to map the variables (or their indicators) being studied in empiric researches and indicate essential elements for a functional analysis of irony. A search in the data bases BVS, NCBI, Science Direct, PsycInfo e Ebsco, using the keywords: irony, verbal irony, sarcasm, multiple control, autoclitics, and ironical and verbal behavior, produced 43 articles in psychology, linguistics or neuroscience. It was verified that in the functional analysis of irony the analyst should be aware of: (a) the characteristics of the members of the ironical verbal episode and the antecedents and consequents events of irony, and (b) consequences of the environmental variables that controls irony as humor, sarcasm, cynicism, or debauchery. The description of these empiric elements in other theoretical approaches can be useful for functional analysis of irony and contribute to the knowledge and to the experimental researches about this in behavior analysis.

Keywords : Irony; behavior analysis; functional analysis; verbal behavior.

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