
Irony in Context
Katharina Barbe(Author)
Benjamins (John) North America Inc.,US (Publisher)
Published on 8. December 1995
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-55619-327-9 (ISBN)
Description
In her book, Barbe discusses verbal irony as an interpretative notion. Verbal irony is described in its various realizations and thus placed within linguistics and pragmatics. From the point of view of an analyzing observer, Barbe provides an eclectic approach to irony in context, a study of how conversational irony works, and how it compares with other concepts in which it plays a role. In addition, by means of the analysis of irony as an integrated pervasive feature of language, Barbe questions some basic unstated, literacy and culture-dependent assumptions about language. Her study of irony complements contemporary research in the area of conversational analysis.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam/Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55619-327-9 (9781556193279)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
1. Acknowledgments; 2. An Invitation to Irony; 3. "But that's not ironic"; 4. Linguistic Approaches to Irony; 5. Traditional Approches to Irony; 6. Taking Stock; 7. Irony and Jokes; 8. Irony and Lies; 9. Explicit Irony; 10. The Translation of Irony; 11. Epilogue; 12. Notes; 13. References; 14. Index