TY - BOOK ID - 69491016 TI - Irony PY - 2018 SN - 1316136213 1108699812 1107092639 1108602630 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Irony. KW - Wit and humor. KW - Semantics KW - Pragmatics KW - Research. KW - Pragmalinguistics KW - General semantics KW - Language and languages KW - Logic, Symbolic and mathematical KW - Semantics (Philosophy) KW - Formal semantics KW - Semasiology KW - Semiology (Semantics) KW - Comparative linguistics KW - Information theory KW - Lexicology KW - Meaning (Psychology) KW - Bons mots KW - Facetiae KW - Humor KW - Jests KW - Jokes KW - Ludicrous, The KW - Ridiculous, The KW - Wit and humor, Primitive KW - Literature KW - Joking KW - Laughter KW - Sarcasm KW - Cynicism KW - Rhetoric KW - Satire KW - Tragic, The KW - Understatement KW - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:69491016 AB - 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. ER -