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Irony and Sarcasm (Paperback)
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Irony and Sarcasm (Paperback)
Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
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Loot Price R337
Discovery Miles 3 370
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A biography of two troublesome words. Isn't it ironic? Or is it?
Never mind, I'm just being sarcastic (or am I?). Irony and sarcasm
are two of the most misused, misapplied, and misunderstood words in
our conversational lexicon. In this volume in the MIT Press
Essential Knowledge series, psycholinguist Roger Kreuz offers an
enlightening and concise overview of the life and times of these
two terms, mapping their evolution from Greek philosophy and Roman
rhetoric to modern literary criticism to emojis. Kreuz describes
eight different ways that irony has been used through the
centuries, proceeding from Socratic to dramatic to cosmic irony. He
explains that verbal irony-irony as it is traditionally
understood-refers to statements that mean something different
(frequently the opposite) of what is literally intended, and
defines sarcasm as a type of verbal irony. Kreuz outlines the
prerequisites for irony and sarcasm (one of which is a shared frame
of reference); clarifies what irony is not (coincidence, paradox,
satire) and what it can be (among other things, a socially
acceptable way to express hostility); recounts ways that people can
signal their ironic intentions; and considers the difficulties of
online irony. Finally, he wonders if, because irony refers to so
many different phenomena, people may gradually stop using the word,
with sarcasm taking over its verbal duties.
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