Irony in context / Katharina Barbe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barbe, Katharina.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 34.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser. 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irony in literature.

Irony.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

IRONY IN CONTEXT; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. An Invitation to Irony; Chapter 2. ""But that's not ironic!""; Chapter 3. Linguistic Approaches to Irony; Chapter 4. Traditional and Literary Approaches to Irony; Chapter 5. Irony: Taking Stock; Chapter 6. Irony and Jokes; Chapter 7. Irony and Lies; Chapter 8. Explicit Irony; Chapter 9. The Translation of Irony; Chapter 10. Epilogue; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-202) and index.

ISBN:

9786613222077

1-283-22207-8

90-272-8270-6

OCLC:

743694160