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  <Title>A Unified Theory of Irony and Its Computational Formalization</Title>
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5 Conclusion
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    <Paragraph position="0"> In this paper we have proposed a unified theory of irony that overcomes several difficulties of previous irony theories. Our theory allows us to Rive plausible answers to what irony is, how irony is recognized and what irony coinmuni(:ates. The properties of irony allusion, pragmatic insineeril,y, and emotional attitude arc formalized mmquivo(:ally enough to build a coInputational model of irony. From this I)oint ot' view, we believe that this pal)er provides a basis \[or dealing with irony in NLP systems, and we are develol)ing computational methods for intert)reting mat generating irony (Utsumi, 1995).</Paragraph>
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