Is implicit communication quantifiable? A corpus-based analysis of British and Italian political tweets

An Analysis of Television Satire on Kiky Saputri’s Roasting in Lapor Pak!

“…Furthermore, a presupposition is one of the forms of pragmatic functions defined as taking for granted information when the interlocutors share common ground. However, ty sometimes do not share the same previous knowledge of the condition (Garassino et al, 2022). This notion is then used to see the function of presupposition in political communication.…”

“…This notion is then used to see the function of presupposition in political communication. Their study showed that presupposition is often used to understand criticism, stance-taking, informative content, and praise (Garassino et al, 2022). In a show like roasting comedy, shared knowledge is essential to make the receiver of the message understand the roasting uttered by the stand-up comedian.…”

“…Understanding presupposition helps the audience to reveal the intended meaning of the writer or the speaker (Thoyyibah, 2017). Additionally, in a political context, Garassino et al (2022) emphasized that the more implicit some content is, the stronger its persuasive and manipulative power may, in principle, be. Therefore, figuring out the presupposition of an utterance is very important so that the receiver or the audience can accept the truth of the utterance regarding a roasting comedy that often bears up the ugly truth of the roastee.…”

“…Understanding the presupposition is crucial in roasting comedy so that people can accept the jokes the stand-up comedian conveys. Garassino et al (2022), in their study, conveyed that the pragmatic function is needed to accept criticism, stance-taking, information content, praise, and others. Without the pragmatic function, the audience would find it difficult to relate the jokes to the context.…”

“Outlier” latenti nelle costruzioni a lista: Il caso del discorso politico su Twitter

“…Anche Combei (2020) indaga la dimensione lessicale della comunicazione populista su Twitter, analizzando la leggibilità dei tweet pubblicati da alcuni esponenti del Movimento 5 Stelle e della Lega durante il primo anno del governo Conte I; lo studio evidenzia una minore diversità lessicale e una maggiore leggibilità nella comunicazione politica del leader leghista. Infine, il lavoro di Garassino et al (2019) si occupa di strategie manipolatorie, esplorando le differenze tra l'uso dell'implicatura e della presupposizione su Twitter e nei discorsi pubblici dei politici; dai risultati emerge un uso polarizzato di alcune funzioni pragmatiche (ad es. attack e opinion/stance) da parte di Beppe Grillo e Matteo Salvini.…”