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...
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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 Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Irony as opposition; 3. Irony as echo; 4. Irony as pretense; 5. Attitude expression in irony; 6. Clues of irony; 7. Sarcasm and humour
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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 --...
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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 -- 3.Typology of the bases of irony -- 3.1Text 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 -- 5.Final remarks -- Funding -- 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 2.2 Semantic prosody as one aspect of extended units of meaning -- 2.3 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 -- Chapter 7. The face-value of place-work in William Makepeace Thackeray's handling of irony -- 1.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 -- Chapter 8. The point of banter in the television show Pointless -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Defining banter -- 3.Theories on banter -- 4. Banter within an interactional pragmatic framework -- 5. Banter and Pointless -- 6.The actants in the process of banter -- 6.1Interaction between speaker(s) and hearer(s) -- 6.2From dyadic relations to multiple participants -- 6.3Reacting to banter -- 6.4Language and encyclopaedia -- 7.Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9. Irony as counter positioningReader comments on the EU migrant crisis -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Online comments and discussion forums -- 3.Data and analysis -- 3.1Irony and echoic mention 3.1.1 Echoic mention of primary media texts -- 3.1.2 Echoic mention of non-media texts and intertextuality -- 3.2Irony and categorization -- 3.2.1Self-categorization -- 3.2.2Other-categorization -- 3.2.3Polarized categorization and intertextuality -- 3.3Irony and fictionalization -- 4.Conclusion -- Funding -- Acknowledgements -- Sources -- References -- Chapter 10. The Rolling Stones promoting Monty PythonThe power of irony and banter -- 1.Introduction -- 2. Dramatic irony in the Text World -- 2.1Twisted expectations -- 2.2Incongruous subject positions -- 3.Processing irony and banter -- 3.1 Mock dramatic irony -- 3.2Irony and banter -- 4.The pragmatic functions of irony -- 4.1 Echoic relevance -- 4.2Two birds (at least) with one stone -- 5.Conclusion -- References -- AppendixTranscription symbols (adapted from Bednarek 2012: 246) -- Notes on contributors -- Index
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...
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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 Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Irony as opposition; 3. Irony as echo; 4. Irony as pretense; 5. Attitude expression in irony; 6. Clues of irony; 7. Sarcasm and humour
