The pragmatics of irony and banter /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]
Description:	vi, 221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Linguistic approaches to literature (LAL) ; volume 30 Linguistic approaches to literature ; v. 30.
Subject:	Irony. Figures of speech. Wit and humor. Pragmatics -- Research. Semantics -- Research. Figures of speech. Irony. Wit and humor.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11617633

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Other authors / contributors:	Jobert, Manuel, editor. Sorlin, Sandrine, editor.
ISBN:	9789027200532 902720053X 9789027264237
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	This is the first book-length study analysing irony and banter together. This approach, inherited from Geoffrey Leech's research, implies that the two notions are intrinsically related. In this thought-provoking volume, the various contributors (linguists, stylisticians, discourse analysts and literary scholars), while not necessarily agreeing on every aspect of this theoretical premise, discuss and develop the idea. In turn, they consider the workings of these two discursive practices in various corpora (face-to-face or digitally-mediated interactions, novels, comedy shows, etc.) thus providing a wealth of examples and case studies. This well-balanced positioning helps the reader to develop a better understanding of these complex discursive practices that play a crucial part in everyday interaction. Steering a course between traditional perspectives and new theoretical approaches, this innovative and exciting way of looking at irony and banter will no doubt open new avenues for research.
Other form:	Online version: Pragmatics of irony and banter. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018] 9789027264237

Table of Contents:

-1. Prelim pages
0. Table of contents
1. Partnbsp;I. Theoretical and empirical revisiting of irony (and banter)
2. Chapter 1. Introduction
3. Chapter 2. Irony in a theory of textual meaning
4. Chapter 3. Deconstructing the myth of positively evaluative irony
5. Chapter 4. Verbal irony, politeness... and three ironic types
6. Chapter 5. Irony and semantic prosody revisited
7. Partnbsp;II. Irony and banter from 17th and 19th century literature to contemporary discourse
8. Chapter 6. Simulating ignorance
9. Chapter 7. The face-value of place-work in William Makepeace Thackeray's handling of irony
10. Chapter 8. The point of banter in the television show Pointless
11. Chapter 9. Irony as counter positioning
12. Chapter 10. The Rolling Stones promoting Monty Python
13. Notes on contributors
14. Index

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