GRIALE is the Research Group on Irony and Humour in Spanish at the Department of Spanish Studies, General Linguistics and Literature Theory at the University of Alicante.

Its main aims are the pragmatic analysis of irony and humour, the observation of socio-cultural aspects such as gender and its impact on irony and humour, children humour acquisition and the application of the results obtained to the teaching-learning of Spanish as a foreign language and to language disorders, especially those related to the autistic spectrum. » Further information