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Publication details [#36768]

Haiman, John. 1990. Sarcasm as theater. Cognitive Linguistics 1 (2) : 181–205.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

message1 | metacommunication | metaphor | sarcasm

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter Mouton

ISBN

0936-5907

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/COGL/html

Annotation

This paper deals with sarcastic messages, accompanying metamessages 'keying' them as fictive, and with the sarcast 'breaking frame', not indicating that he/she is not serious.