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|  | | Sarcasm and Other Mixed Messages: The Ambiguous Ways People Use Language
This book presents a compilation of sarcasm research with the hoope that researchers from many different disciplines will discover new avenues of inquiry into the field.
Sarcasm has many definitions, and this variety shapes how researchers see it. Sarcasm is portrayed in most dictionary references as negative behavior; it is designed to wound, insult, or taunt. It is characterized as cutting and contemptuous. However, some researchers say that much sarcasm involves teasing and joking. Sarcasm is relatively common, although most instances of sarcasm tend to be isolated. Researchers report different types of sarcasm.
Most sarcasm is linguistic, philosophical, or literary in nature. Most researchers utilize experimen | |  | | Sounds of Murder
When Psychology Professor Pamela Barnes discovers her department's star researcher strangled to death in the computer lab, she's determined to find out who did it. Will an accidental recording of the murder allow Pamela to use her expertise in acoustics to identify the killer? A unique cozy mystery--set in the world of academia and high-stakes research--full of excitement, humor, and romance.
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">font face="Times New Roman">font size="3">i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Sounds of Murder/i> tells a tale of academic intrigue and death.span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> /span>At Grace University, a small southern college, no /font>span style="font-size: 11pt">one in the Psychology Department likes Charlotte Clark, so no one is particularly upset when she is found murdered in the department’s million-dollar computer lab.span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> /span>But because she discovered the body, Associate Professo |
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