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Irony, deception and humour : seeking the truth about overt and covert untruthfulness /

This book offers fresh perspectives on untruthfulness entailed in various forms of irony, deception and humour, which have so far constituted independent foci of linguistic and philosophical investigation. These three distinct (albeit sometimes co-occurring) notions are brought together within a neo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dynel, Marta (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2018]
Colección:Mouton series in pragmatics ; 21.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book offers fresh perspectives on untruthfulness entailed in various forms of irony, deception and humour, which have so far constituted independent foci of linguistic and philosophical investigation. These three distinct (albeit sometimes co-occurring) notions are brought together within a neo-Gricean framework and consistently discussed as representing overt or covert untruthfulness. The postulates that represent the interface between language philosophy and pragmatics are illustrated with scripted interactions culled from the series House, which help appreciate the complexities of the three concepts at hand. Apart from affording new insights into the nature of irony, deception and humour, this book critically examines previous literature on these notions, as well as relevant aspects of Grice's philosophy of language. Giving a state-of-the-art picture of untruthfulness, this publication will be of interest to both experienced and inexperienced researchers studying Grice's philosophy, irony, deception and/or humour.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 487 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1501507893
9781501507892
9781501507922
1501507923