Irony is an intriguing topic, central to the study of meaning in language. This book provides an introduction to the pragmatics of irony. It surveys key work carried out on irony in a range of disciplines such as semantics, pragmatics, philosophy and literary studies, and from a variety of theoretical perspectives including Grice's approach, Sperber and Wilson's echoic account, and Clark and Gerrig's pretense theory. It looks at a number of uses of irony and explores how irony can be misunderstood cross-culturally, before delving into the key debates on the pragmatics of irony: is irony always negative? Why do speakers communicate via irony, and which strategies do they usually employ? How are irony and sarcasm different? Is irony always funny? To answer these questions, basic pragmatic notions are introduced and explained. It includes multiple examples and activities to enable the reader to apply the theoretical frameworks to actual everyday instances of irony.
Ideal for advanced students and individual researchers in semantics and pragmatics, as well as related fields such as philosophy. It provides a non-specialized audience with the understanding of what irony is and its numerous manifestations. To specialized readers, its analysis of irony offers a deeper understanding and clarification of this form of human communication.
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An accessible introduction to the pragmatics of irony that presents the main theoretical approaches and central discussions of the analysis of ironic communication.
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2.2.1 To Make as if to Say |
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2.2.2 Irony with No Flouting |
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2.2.3 Non-Declarative Irony |
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3.3.1 Echoic Reminder Theory |
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4.3.5 The Speaker's Tone of Voice |
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4.4.1 Walton, Recanati and Currie |
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4.4.2 The Allusional Pretence Theory |
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4.6.1 Clark and Gerrig's Pretence Theory |
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5 Attitude Expression in Irony |
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5.1 Irony Is Sometimes Positive: The Asymmetry Issue |
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5.2 Irony Is Always Negative |
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5.2.2 Controversial Cases |
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5.4.1 The Attitude in Irony |
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5.4.3 The Tinge Hypothesis |
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6.3 Opposition, Echo and Pretence |
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6.4 A Minimal Account of Irony |
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6.5.1 Risks and Benefits of Irony |
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6.5.3 A Minimal Account of Irony |
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7.2.1 Superiority Theories of Humour |
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7.2.2 Incongruity Theories of Humour |
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Joana Garmendia is an assistant professor at the Department of Basque Language and Communication of the University of the Basque Country, Bilbao. She is the assistant secretary of the journal GOGOA -the Institute for Logic, Cognition, Language, and Information (ILCLI) journal, which is devoted to the study of language, knowledge, communication, and action -, and a member of the research group Language, Action, and Thought at the ILCLI.
