TY - JOUR TT - A Situation Assessment on the Comprehension of Written Ironic Texts (A Study of Newspaper Columns) AU - Aydın, İ Seçkin PY - 2013 DA - June JF - Bilig PB - Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University WT - DergiPark SN - 1301-0549 SP - 49 EP - 70 IS - 64 KW - İroni KW - okuryazarlık KW - eleştirel okuryazarlık KW - kültürel okuryazarlık KW - okuduğunu anlama N2 - This study aims to assess the situation concerning the problems encountered in comprehending written ironic texts. The comprehension problems encountered in written forms of irony, which we use orally at any time in our daily lives, constitute the problem statement of this study. The ironic discourse which we encounter especially in critical reviews, and other genres such as poetry, novel and newspaper columns, has the function of implying the opposite of the words uttered, just like in oral irony. 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