UID:
almahu_9949420242902882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781000765069
,
1000765067
,
9781003183044
,
1003183042
,
9781000765960
,
1000765962
Content:
This book offers a systematic, bottom-up account of irony across both everyday contexts and literary and linguistic texts, using an empirically rigorous approach in distinguishing between central irony, non-central ironies, and non-ironies and highlighting a new way forward for irony research. The volume considers the current landscape of irony, in which the term is used with increasing frequency with the knock-on effect of a loosening of its meaning. Pattison addresses this challenge by applying a systematic form of analysis, rooted in frameworks from pragmatics and complementary disciplines, to a database of over 500 irony candidates from a wide range of sources. The book uses these examples to illustrate the features of central ironies as well as the attributes used to differentiate between central ironies, non-central ironies, and non-ironies. These attributes are mapped across four key domains, including: difference and opposition; the role of context; how ironies are signaled; and speaker attitude and intention. Taken together, the volume puts forth a credible account for more clearly characterizing examples of irony and equips researchers with a comprehensive step-by-step method for undertaking future research. This book is key reading for scholars in stylistics, pragmatics, literary studies, and psycholinguistics.
Note:
Includes index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 1032023546
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032023540
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003183044
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003183044
