Add to ORKGThis study offers a pragmatic account of verbal irony, arguing that verbal irony can be best treated as a special type of conversational implicature.As the first part of the thesis, Grice's theory of conversational implicature is revised. This is done by 1)an addition to Grice's Maxim of Quality so that this maxim will be able to take presupposition into account; 2)an inclusion of the notion of mutual knowledge in Grice's framework and 3)an establishment of speakers' motivation for violating Grice's Maxims. This motivation is subsumed into three principles--the Politeness Principle (PP) (following previous writers such as R. Lakoff, Brown and Levinson), which embodies the speaker's need and want to be polite to others, the Selfishness Princ...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
This paper makes reference to Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory, and their treatment of irony a...
The aim of my thesis is to collect and then analyse authentic ironic utterances from specific area. ...
What is verbal irony? How is it successfully interpreted? Why should speakers risk employing it when...
International audienceThis paper critically examines Leech’s (2014) view that verbal or conversation...
International audienceThis paper critically examines Leech’s (2014) view that verbal or conversation...
This paper makes reference to Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory, and their treatment of irony a...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
This paper makes reference to Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory, and their treatment of irony a...
The aim of my thesis is to collect and then analyse authentic ironic utterances from specific area. ...
What is verbal irony? How is it successfully interpreted? Why should speakers risk employing it when...
International audienceThis paper critically examines Leech’s (2014) view that verbal or conversation...
International audienceThis paper critically examines Leech’s (2014) view that verbal or conversation...
This paper makes reference to Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory, and their treatment of irony a...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly sp...