Modeling irony [electronic resource] : a cognitive-pragmatic account / Inés Lozano-Palacio, Polytechnic University of Valencia ; Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, University of La Rioja.

"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...

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