Verbal irony in literary discourse : a pragmatic-stylistic study with particular emphasis on contemporary narrative fiction
This thesis attempts to shed new light on the functioning of verbal irony in literary discourse and contemporary narrative fiction in particular, adopting a pragmatic stylistic approach to the topic. It argues in favour of Sperber and Wilson's pragmatic account of verbal irony which it deems ex...
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University of Edinburgh
1992
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.661505 |