Mimetic Evil: A Conceptual and Ethical Study

Irony and sarcasm are common linguistic tropes. They are both based on falsehoods that the speaker pretends to be true. I briefly characterize their differences. A third trope exists that works when the relevant propositions are true – yet its rhetorical effect resembles irony and sarcasm, I call i...

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Main Author: Timo Airaksinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2020-10-01
Series:Problemos
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/20773