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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Linguistic approaches to literature (LAL) ; Volume 30
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Linguistic approaches to literature ; Volume 30.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Intro; The Pragmatics of Irony and Banter; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Part ITheoretical and empirical revisiting of irony (and banter); Chapter 1. Introduction: The intricacies of irony and banter; 1. Origins and objectives; 2. What is an ironical utterance?; 2.1Beyond the classical trope; 2.2Subcategories; 3.Competing theories; 4. Defining banter; 4.1A cultural approach; 4.2Linguistic approaches to banter; 5. Book contents; References; Chapter 2. Irony in a theory of textual meaning; 1. Introduction; 2. Textual meaning: The background. |
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3. Typology of the bases of irony3.1Text vs. text incongruity; 3.2Text vs. interpersonal meaning incongruity; 3.3Text vs. situational incongruity; 3.4Interpersonal vs. interpersonal meaning incongruity; 3.5Interpersonal vs. situational meaning incongruity; 3.6Situational vs. situational incongruity; 4. Irony and other incongruities; 5. Dramatic irony; 6. Conclusions about irony; References; Chapter 3. Deconstructing the myth of positively evaluative irony; 1. Introduction; 2. Infrequency of positively evaluative irony; 3. Positively evaluative irony; 4. Negatively evaluated antecedent. |
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5. Final remarksFunding; References; Chapter 4. Verbal irony, politeness ... and three ironic types; 1. Introduction; 2. Leech's framework; 2.1 Mock politeness, irony and sarcasm; 2.2Leech's pragmatic procedure; 2.3Leech's triggers; 3. How to define verbal irony?; 3.1Different approaches; 3.2Contrastive irony; 3.3Impersonation irony; 4. Politeness, irony and banter; 4.1A third type of verbal irony; 4.2"Genteel irony" and banter; 5. Conclusion; References; Chapter 5. Irony and semantic prosody revisited; 1. Introduction; 2. Semantic prosody; 2.1 Semantic prosody and irony. |
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2.2 Semantic prosody as one aspect of extended units of meaning2.3 Semantic prosody versus semantic preference; 3. Irony in "Aftermyth of war"; 4. Conclusion; References; Part III. rony and banter from 17th and 19th century literature to contemporary discourse; Chapter 6. Simulating ignoranceIrony and banter on Congreve's stage; 1. Introduction; 2. Irony and banter in satire; 3. Impaired vision and erroneous evaluations; 4. Irony in banter: Connivance between speaker and audience; 5. Irony, banter, and the simulation of ignorance as a face-saving strategy; 6. Conclusion; References. |
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Chapter 7. The face-value of place-work in William Makepeace Thackeray's handling of irony1. Introduction; 2. Topology of irony: Placework and speaker's strategy; 2.1The one-place structure of self-directed irony; 2.2The two-place structure of irony directed to others; 2.3The three-place structure of redirected irony; 3. Topography of irony: Placework and hearer's reception; 3.1The one-place structure of interpretation of irony; 3.2The two-place structure of flagged irony; 3.3The three-place configuration of sign-posted irony; 4. Conclusion; References. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Irony.
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Irony. |
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Figures of speech.
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Figures of speech. |
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Wit and humor.
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Wit and humor. |
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Pragmatics -- Research.
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Pragmatics. |
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Research. |
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Semantics -- Research.
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Semantics. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Jobert, Manuel.
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Sorlin, Sandrine.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pragmatics of irony and banter. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018] 9789027200532 (DLC) 2017058999 |
| ISBN |
9789027264237 (pdf) |
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9027264236 |
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9789027200532 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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