The Study of Linguistic in a Pragmatic Approach and Machine Learning

In the field of pragmatics, linguistic irony has been explored with reference to the different ways of deciphering irony, the roles irony serves in various contexts (spoken language, political language, social media, etc.), cross-cultural differences in the manifestation of irony and its functions, and what linguistic anchors can be used to identify and interpret irony. Recently, our studies have combined pragmatics and machine learning: is it possible to "teach" machines to recognize irony? To predict in which contexts they will recognize it? Is irony identified differently in different languages? The answers to these questions, even the very act of asking them, contribute to a better understanding of language and its roles in different societies, as well as in the translation of indications and implications.