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Sperber, Dan and Deirdre Wilson. 1978. Les ironies comme mention. Poétique 36 : 399–412.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

French

Keywords

figurative meaning | irony | mention vs. use

Annotation

S. and W. propose a description of irony that renounces the classical conception based on the ad hoc notion of figurative meaning. They claim that ironies can be described more adequately as mentions of propositions.