Table of contents
Part I.Cues for indirectness: The inferential view
Irony, humor or both? The model revisited
19
“My refrigerator is as much in the dark as I am”: Metaphorical irony in
context
39
“Hero, genius, king and Messiah”: Ironic echoing in pro-ethos and anti-ethos
readers’ comments on Facebook posts
59
Part II.Voices in the text: The dialogic-intertextual view
Indirectness and co-construction: A discourse-pragmatic view
85
Whose line is it anyway? Three pragmatic cues for distinguishing between the
implied-author and narrative voices: The case of Three Men in a Boat by
Jerome K. Jerome
97
Anne Frank’s Diary – The Graphic Adaptation as a case of “indirect
translation”: Integrating the principle of relevance with Bakhtinian concepts
119
Part III.(In)directness as an effective choice: The functional view
Indirectness and effectiveness of requests in professional emails: A case
study
145
Directness and indirectness in a presidential debate
167
“The hon. Gentleman says this is rubbish; it is absolutely true”: The strategic use
of references to truth in Prime Minister’s Questions
203
“Do you condemn?”: Negotiating power relations through (in)direct questions and
answers design in ethno-political interviews
231
Index
253
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