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Publication details [#5483]

Kerbrat-Orecchioni, Catherine. 1980. L'ironie comme trope. Poétique 41 : 108–127.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
French

Annotation

Contrary to other figures of speech, irony has, along with its semantic characteristic, a pragmatic specificity that must be included into its definition. The illocutionary force of derision of an ironical utterance takes precedence over its antiphrastic value.