On the uses of sarcastic irony

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1467-1488

  Toplak, Maggie ^a   Katz, Albert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indirect language; Listener interpretation; Perspective; Pragmatic functions; Sarcastic irony; Speaker intention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034259728     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(99)00101-0     Document Type: Article

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