The Diversity of Irony
Although the figure of irony has enjoyed extensive attention through important contributions to the diverse literatures addressing figurative thought and language, it still remains relatively in the background compared to other figures such as metaphor and metonymy. The present volume, together with...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2020]
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| Series: | Cognitive linguistics research ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Introduction. On the diversity of irony
- Uniting irony, hyperbole and metaphor in an affect-centred, pretence-based framework
- How defaultness affects text production: Resonating with default interpretations of negative sarcasm
- Irony in constructions
- Hyperbolic Figures
- Denying the salient contrast. Speaker's attitude in hyperbole
- Thai irony as an indirect relational tool to save face in social interactions
- England is an appendix; Corrupt officials are like hairs on a nation's arm: Sarcasm, irony and self-irony in figurative political discourse
- Grammatical emphasis and irony in Spanish
- Eye-rolling, irony and embodiment
- Experimental investigations of irony as a viewpoint phenomenon
- Faces of sarcasm. Exploring raised eyebrows with sarcasm in French political debates
- A pilot study on the diversity in irony production and irony perception
- Index