Modeling irony : a cognitive-pragmatic account /

"This book adopts a broad cognitive-pragmatic perspective on irony which sees ironic meaning as the result of complex inferential activity arising from conflicting conceptual scenarios. This view of irony is the basis for an analytically productive integrative account capable of bridging gaps a...

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Auteurs principaux: Lozano-Palacio, Inés (Auteur), Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Francisco José, 1961- (Auteur)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2022]
Collection:Figurative thought and language ; v. 12.
Accès en ligne:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3159188
Table des matières:
  • Prelim pages
  • Table of contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1. In search of a unified framework
  • Chapter 2. Theoretical pre-requisites
  • Chapter 3. The epistemic and the observable scenarios
  • Chapter 4. Structural elements in irony
  • Chapter 5. Ironic uses
  • Chapter 6. Conclusions
  • References
  • Index