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Talk is cheap : sarcasm, alienation, and the evolution of language /

Putting aside questions of truth and falsehood, the old 'talk is cheap' maxim carries as much weight as ever. Indeed, perhaps more. For one need not be an expert in irony or sarcasm to realize that people don't necessarily mean what they say. Phrases such as 'Yeah, right' an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haiman, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1998.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Cheapness of Talk
  • 1. Sarcasm and the Postmodern Sensibility
  • 2. Sarcasm and Its Neighbors
  • 3. The Metamessage "I Don't Mean This"
  • 4. Alienation and the Divided Self
  • 5. Reflexives as Grammatical Signs of the Divided Self
  • 6. Un-Plain Speaking
  • 7. The Thing in Itself
  • 8. Zen Semantics
  • 9. Nonlinguistic Ritualization
  • 10. Ritualization in Language
  • 11. Metalinguistic Ritualization
  • 12. Reification and Innateness
  • App. Questionnaire for Eliciting Sarcasm.