LINGUIST List 31.3349
Mon Nov 02 2020
Books: Irony: Garmendia
Editor for this issue: Jeremy Coburn <jecoburnlinguistlist.org>
Date: 30-Oct-2020
From: Rachel Tonkin <rtonkin
cambridge.org>
Subject: Irony: Garmendia
E-mail this message to a friend Title: Irony
Published: 2020
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Book URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/semantics-and-pragmatics/irony?format=PB Author: Joana Garmendia
Paperback: ISBN: 9781107465916 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 29.99
Paperback: ISBN: 9781107465916 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 22.99
Paperback: ISBN: 9781107465916 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 26.83
Abstract:
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.
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.
Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics
Semantics
Written In: English (eng)
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