Irony as relevant inappropriateness

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 793-826

  Attardo, Salvatore ^a  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Cooperative principle; Irony; Irony markers; Processing; Relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034179384     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(99)00070-3     Document Type: Article

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