Irony in conversation

Language in Society

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 523-553

  Clift, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversation; Footing; Framing; Irony; Pragmatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033475410     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0047404599004029     Document Type: Article

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