Irony from the point of view of pragmatics and cognition

What is it about?

This book examines the cognitive and pragmatic aspects of irony. It builds bridges among different treatments of irony across disciplines (literature, rhetoric, linguistics) and it proposes solutions to some controversies. It examines definitions and classification criteria. It explores the elements of the ironic act and studies their complex forms of interaction. The book also explores the relationship between irony, banter and sarcasm, and it studies how irony interacts with other figurative uses of language. Finally, the book re-interprets traditional ironic types (e.g., Socratic, rhetoric, satiric, etc.), in the light of a unified approach.

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Why is it important?

It provides a unified approach to irony that integrates insights from different treatments of this phenomenon.

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