Irony and Humor
From pragmatics to discourse
Editors
Irony and Humor: From pragmatics to discourse is a complete updated panorama of linguistic research on irony and humor, based on a variety of perspectives, corpora and theories. The book collects the most recent contributions from such diverse approaches as Relevance Theory, Cognitive Linguistics, General Theory of Verbal Humor, Neo-Gricean Pragmatics or Argumentation. The volume is organized in three parts referring to pragmatic perspectives, mediated discourse, and conversational interaction. This book will be highly relevant for anyone interested in pragmatics, discourse analysis as well as social sciences.
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 231] 2013. vi, 270 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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The pragmatics of irony and humorLeonor Ruiz-Gurillo and M. Belén Alvarado-Ortega | pp. 1–14
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1. Irony and humor: Pragmatic perspectives
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The power of inversion: Irony, from utterance to discourseSusana Rodríguez Rosique | pp. 17–38
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Intentionality and ironySalvatore Attardo | pp. 39–58
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An inference-centered analysis of jokes: The intersecting circles model of humorous communicationFrancisco Yus | pp. 59–82
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2. Irony and humor in mediated discourse
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Discursive mechanisms of informative humor in Spanish mediaElena Méndez-Gª de Paredes | pp. 85–106
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Narrative strategies inBuenafuente’shumorous monologuesLeonor Ruiz-Gurillo | pp. 107–140
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Cartoons in Spanish press: A pragmatic approachXose A. Padilla-García | pp. 141–158
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Phonological humor as perception and representation of foreignnessJavier Muñoz-Basols, Pawel Adrjan and Marianne David | pp. 159–188
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3. Irony and humor in conversational interaction
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Failed humor in conversational utterances in SpanishM. Belén Alvarado-Ortega | pp. 191–218
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Humor and argumentation in everyday talkAmadeu Viana | pp. 219–242
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Tackling the complexity of spontaneous humorous interaction: An integrated classroom-modeled corpus approachKurt Feyaerts | pp. 243–268
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Subject index | pp. 269–270
“An up-to-date overview of two of the most difficult and elusive fields in the realm of Pragmatics.”
Salvador Pons Bordería, University of Valencia
“This book provides its readers with a complete and holistic overview of linguistic research on irony and humour by looking at the object of study from varying perspectives, i.e. pragmatics, cognition and argumentation theory. Based on corpora composed of different languages and text types, this volume summarizes in one solid piece of work theoretical and descriptive achievements of 20 years of research in the field.”
Óscar Loureda, University of Heidelberg
“Humour and irony are important parts of human interaction, but it is only recently that these issues have received their deserved attention. With the paradigmatic work, Irony and Humor: From pragmatics to discourse, readers are given an excellent overview of the most important linguistic research carried out by committed researchers in both fields.”
Annette Jørgensen, University of Bergen
“Going from written forms of humor (i.e. cartoons) that allow various interpretations depending on the context and on the interlocutor, to interactive humor or humor in the media, the book Irony and humor: From pragmatics to discourse covers a wide range of comic texts and most importantly, opens ways to new research on humor from other perspectives not so often employed by researchers in this field: neuro-psychology or argumentation.”
Răzvan Săftoiu, Transilvania University of Brașov, in Language and Dialogue Vol. 4:2 (2014)
“The book provides rich grounds for reflection on a particularly complex area of discourse which seems to be intuitively easy to recognize but extremely difficult to analyze consistently. [...] It is clear that the variety involved and the different types of examples used in the book make this area one of great interest, considerable complexity and wonderful opportunities for continued research.”
Rosa Graciela Montes, Benemerita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, in Spanish in Context 15:1 (2018)
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Subjects & Metadata
Communication Studies
BIC Subject: CFG – Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General