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.
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