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Characterising Irony

Author : Steven Pattison
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000765962
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Characterising Irony written by Steven Pattison and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-24 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a systematic, bottom-up account of irony across both everyday contexts and literary and linguistic texts, using an empirically rigorous approach in distinguishing between central irony, non-central ironies, and non-ironies and highlighting a new way forward for irony research. The volume considers the current landscape of irony, in which the term is used with increasing frequency with the knock-on effect of a loosening of its meaning. Pattison addresses this challenge by applying a systematic form of analysis, rooted in frameworks from pragmatics and complementary disciplines, to a database of over 500 irony candidates from a wide range of sources. The book uses these examples to illustrate the features of central ironies as well as the attributes used to differentiate between central ironies, non-central ironies, and non-ironies. These attributes are mapped across four key domains, including: difference and opposition; the role of context; how ironies are signaled; and speaker attitude and intention. Taken together, the volume puts forth a credible account for more clearly characterizing examples of irony and equips researchers with a comprehensive step-by-step method for undertaking future research. This book is key reading for scholars in stylistics, pragmatics, literary studies, and psycholinguistics.

The Diversity of Irony

Author : Angeliki Athanasiadou
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110652242
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Diversity of Irony written by Angeliki Athanasiadou and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the figure of irony has enjoyed extensive attention through important contributions to the diverse literatures addressing figurative thought and language, it still remains relatively in the background compared to other figures such as metaphor and metonymy. The present volume, together with a 2017 collection by Angeliki Athanasiadou and Herbert L. Colston, aims to the further exploration of verbal and situational irony, its gestural accompaniments, its comprehension and interpretation, its constructional diversity and its cooperation with other figures such as metaphor and hyperbole. The present volume is a highly interesting collection of chapters dealing with both theoretical investigations and descriptive applications of a central figure pervading human thought and language. Its aim is to draw more attention to irony’s diversity and its concomitant connections to other aspects of figurativeness.

Re-Humanising Shakespeare

Author : Andrew Mousley
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748629971
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Re-Humanising Shakespeare written by Andrew Mousley and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2007-06-19 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Shakespeare help us with the question of how to live? Re-Humanising Shakespeare argues that although Shakespeare himself contributed to the uncertainties of modern living, his work can still serve as a source of existential wisdom and guidance.The book examines through a wide range of Shakespeare's plays the conditions under which human beings flourish or perish. Love, ethics, emotion, vulnerability and humility are amongst the topics discussed as part of the book's argument that Shakespeare is continually at pains to reclaim the human from its complete liquefaction. Given the range and originality of its approach, Re-Humanising Shakespeare will make provocative reading for all those interested in Shakespeare, ethics and questions of literary value.

Edinburgh Critical History of Nineteenth-Century Christian Theology

Author : Daniel Whistler
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474405878
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Edinburgh Critical History of Nineteenth-Century Christian Theology written by Daniel Whistler and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridges the gap between Plutarch Studies and Achaemenid Studies through analysis of key texts.

Translator Positioning in Characterisation

Author : Minru Zhao
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000876365
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Translator Positioning in Characterisation written by Minru Zhao and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) to Descriptive Translation Studies (DTS), to three translations of a classic Chinese text, Zhao proposes a new model for linking translator positioning with translational norms in the target culture. Zhao combines the Appraisal model from SFL with a characterisation model to describe the role of translator positioning in character construction. Looking at three different translations of the classic Chinese novel Luotuo Xiangzi, she uses corpus tools to compare the opening and ending chapters of each translation, identifying textual patterns of translator positioning. She then analyses and compares the cover designs of the translated novels and reconstructs the translational norms governing the translator’s positioning in characterisation. In doing so she contributes to DTS by developing a systematic and consistent framework to analyse verbal and visual elements in translated novels. Her multimodal analysis also provides insights into the broader patterns of translated language. An insightful read for scholars interested in both theoretical and empirical approaches to translation studies.

Monster Metaphors

Author : Peter J. Adams
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100086068X
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Monster Metaphors written by Peter J. Adams and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-11 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores ways in which common metaphors can play a detrimental role in everyday life; how they can grow in outsized importance to dominate their respective terrains and push out alternative perspectives; and how forms of resistance might act to contain their dominance. The volume begins by unpacking the dynamics of metaphors, their power and influence and the ways in which they are bolstered by other rhetorical devices. Adams draws on four case studies to illustrate their destructive impact when they eclipse other points of view—the metaphor of mental illness; the metaphor of free-flowing markets; the metaphor of the mind as a mirror and the metaphor of men as naturally superior. Taken together, these examples prompt further reflection on the beneficiaries of these "monster metaphors" and how they promote such metaphors to serve their own interests but also on ways forward for challenging their dominance, strategies for preventing their rise and ways of creating space for alternatives. This book will be of interest to scholars interested in the study of metaphor, across such fields as linguistics, rhetoric and media studies.

Phantom Formations

Author : Marc Redfield
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501723170
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Phantom Formations written by Marc Redfield and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Phantom Formations".

Ironic Life

Author : Richard J. Bernstein
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509505741
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Ironic Life written by Richard J. Bernstein and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Just as philosophy begins with doubt, so also a life that may be called human begins with irony" so wrote Kierkegaard. While we commonly think of irony as a figure of speech where someone says one thing and means the opposite, the concept of irony has long played a more fundamental role in the tradition of philosophy, a role that goes back to Socrates Ð the originator and exemplar of the urbane ironic life. But what precisely is Socratic irony and what relevance, if any, does it have for us today? Bernstein begins his inquiry with a critical examination of the work of two contemporary philosophers for whom irony is vital: Jonathan Lear and Richard Rorty. Despite their sharp differences, Bernstein argues that they complement one other, each exploring different aspects of ironic life. In the background of Lear’s and Rorty’s accounts stand the two great ironists: Socrates and Kierkegaard. Focusing on the competing interpretations of Socratic irony by Gregory Vlastos and Alexander Nehamas, Bernstein shows how they further develop our understanding of irony as a form of life and as an art of living. Bernstein also develops a distinctive interpretation of Kierkegaard’s famous claim that a life that may be called human begins with irony. Bernstein weaves together the insights of these thinkers to show how each contributes to a richer understanding of ironic life. He also argues that the emphasis on irony helps to restore the balance between two different philosophical traditions philosophy as a theoretical discipline concerned with getting things right and philosophy as a practical discipline that shapes how we ought to live our lives.

Automatic Detection of Irony

Author : Jihen Karoui
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119671159
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Automatic Detection of Irony written by Jihen Karoui and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, there has been a proliferation of opinion-heavy texts on the Web: opinions of Internet users, comments on social networks, etc. Automating the synthesis of opinions has become crucial to gaining an overview on a given topic. Current automatic systems perform well on classifying the subjective or objective character of a document. However, classifications obtained from polarity analysis remain inconclusive, due to the algorithms' inability to understand the subtleties of human language. Automatic Detection of Irony presents, in three stages, a supervised learning approach to predicting whether a tweet is ironic or not. The book begins by analyzing some everyday examples of irony and presenting a reference corpus. It then develops an automatic irony detection model for French tweets that exploits semantic traits and extralinguistic context. Finally, it presents a study of portability in a multilingual framework (Italian, English, Arabic).

Language and Characterisation

Author : Jonathan Culpeper
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317879589
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Language and Characterisation written by Jonathan Culpeper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-23 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Textual Explorations General Editors- Mick Short, Lancaster University Elena Semino, Lancaster University The focus of this series is on the stylistic analysis of literary and non-literary texts, and the theoretical issues which such work raises. Textual Explorations will include books that cover studies of literary authors, genres and other groupings, stylistic studies of non-literary texts, translation study, the teaching of language and literature, the empirical study of literature, and corpus approaches to stylistics and literature study. Books in the series will centre on texts written in English. Readership of the series is mainly undergraduate and postgraduate students, although advanced sixth formers will also find the books accessible. The series will be of particular interest to those who study English language, English literature, text linguistics, discourse analysis and communication studies. Language & Characterisation- People in Plays & Other Texts explores how the words of a text create a particular impression of a character in the reader's mind. Drawing together theories from linguistics, social cognition and literary stylistics, it is the first book-length study to focus on: the role of language and characterisation characterisation in the dialogue of play texts Containing numerous examples from Shakespeare's plays, the book also considers a wide range of other genres, including, prose fiction, verse, films, advertisements, jokes and newspapers. Language and Characterisation is as practical as it is theoretical and equips readers with analytical frameworks to reveal and explain both the cognitive and the linguistic sides of characterisation. Clear and detailed introductions are given to the theories, and useful suggestions for further analysis are also made at the end of each part of the book. The book will be essential reading for students and researchers of language, literature and communication.

Irony in Film

Author : James MacDowell
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137329939
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Irony in Film written by James MacDowell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-09 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irony in Film is the first book about ironic expression in this medium. We often feel the need to call films or aspects of them ironic; but what exactly does this mean? How do films create irony? Might certain features of the medium help or hinder its ironic potential? How can we know we are justified in dubbing any film or moment ironic? This book attempts to answer such questions, investigating in the process crucial and under-examined issues that irony raises for our understanding of narrative filmmaking. A much-debated subject in other disciplines, in film scholarship irony is habitually referred to but too seldom explored. Combining in-depth theorising with detailed close analysis, this pioneering study asks what ironic capacities films might possess, how film style may be used ironically, and what role intention should play in film interpretation. The proposed answers have significance for our understanding of not only ironic filmmaking, but the nature of expression in this medium.

Modeling Irony

Author : Inés Lozano-Palacio
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027258147
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Modeling Irony written by Inés Lozano-Palacio and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book adopts a broad cognitive-pragmatic perspective on irony which sees ironic meaning as the result of complex inferential activity arising from conflicting conceptual scenarios. This view of irony is the basis for an analytically productive integrative account capable of bridging gaps among disciplines and of recontextualizing and solving some controversies. Among the topics covered in its pages, readers will find an overview of previous linguistic and non-linguistic approaches. They will also find definitional and taxonomic criteria, an exhaustive exploration of the elements of the ironic act, and a study of their complex forms of interaction. The book also explores the relationship between irony, banter and sarcasm, and it studies how irony interacts with other figurative uses of language. Finally, the book spells out the conditions for “felicitous” irony and re-interprets traditional ironic types (e.g., Socratic, rhetoric, satiric, etc.), in the light of the unified approach it proposes.

The Meaning of Irony

Author : Frank Stringfellow
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791419779
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Irony written by Frank Stringfellow and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genuinely interdisciplinary in approach, The Meaning of Irony brings together literary analysis and, from psychoanalysis, both theory and case studies. Its investigation ranges from everyday examples of verbal irony--conscious and unconscious--to the complex irony of literature. This book provides the first full account of verbal irony from a psychoanalytic point of view. Stringfellow shows how the rhetorical tradition, by viewing the literal level of irony as something the speaker doesn't really mean, flattens out the rich ambiguities of irony and misses the unconscious meanings that are hidden behind ironic statement. He argues that only psychoanalysis can recover these unconscious meanings and reveal the origins of irony.

British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility

Author : B. Carey
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230501621
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility written by B. Carey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-08-31 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility argues that participants in the late eighteenth-century slavery debate developed a distinct sentimental rhetoric, using the language of the heart to powerful effect in the most important political and humanitarian battle of the time. Examining both familiar and unfamiliar texts, including poetry, novels, journalism, and political writing, Carey shows that salve-owners and abolitionists alike made strategic use of the rhetoric of sensibility in the hope of influencing a reading public thoroughly immersed in the 'cult of feeling'.

Irony and the Ironic

Author : D. C. Muecke
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315388332
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Irony and the Ironic written by D. C. Muecke and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1970 and revised in 1982, this work provides a critical overview of the concept of irony in literary criticism. After establishing the relationship of the ironical and the non-ironical, it summarises the history of the concept of irony, before isolating and discussing its basic aspects and the variable features that determine its nature, effect and quality. The book will be a useful resource for those studying irony and English Literature.

Perspectives of Irony on Medieval French Literature

Author : Vladimir R. Rossman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110821117
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Perspectives of Irony on Medieval French Literature written by Vladimir R. Rossman and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Perspectives of Irony on Medieval French Literature".

The Politics of Irony in American Modernism

Author : Matthew Stratton
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823255468
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Irony in American Modernism written by Matthew Stratton and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the 2015 Modernist Studies Association Book Prize This book shows how American literary culture in the first half of the twentieth century saw “irony” emerge as a term to describe intersections between aesthetic and political practices. Against conventional associations of irony with political withdrawal, Stratton shows how the term circulated widely in literary and popular culture to describe politically engaged forms of writing. It is a critical commonplace to acknowledge the difficulty of defining irony before stipulating a particular definition as a stable point of departure for literary, cultural, and political analysis. This book, by contrast, is the first to derive definitions of “irony” inductively, showing how writers employed it as a keyword both before and in opposition to the institutionalization of New Criticism. It focuses on writers who not only composed ironic texts but talked about irony and satire to situate their work politically: Randolph Bourne, Benjamin De Casseres, Ellen Glasgow, John Dos Passos, Ralph Ellison, and many others.