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Chapter 1 In search of a unified framework |
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1.1 Contextualizing the research |
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1.1.2 A unified framework |
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1.1.3 On common analytical categories for verbal and situational irony |
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1.1.5 On the felicity of irony |
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1.2 A note on methodology |
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1.2.2 The qualitative approach |
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1.2.3 Data collection and analysis |
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1.3 The structure of the book |
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Chapter 2 Theoretical pre-requisites |
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2.2 Perspectives on irony |
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2.2.2 Irony in literary theory |
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2.2.3 Irony in philosophy |
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2.2.4 Irony in inferential pragmatics |
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2.2.5 Irony in Cognitive Linguistics |
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39 | (3) |
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2.2.6 Irony in psycholinguistics |
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42 | (3) |
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2.2.7 Irony in artificial intelligence |
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2.3 In search of a unified framework |
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2.3.1 Previous integrated approaches to irony |
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2.3.2 The pretended agreement |
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2.3.3 The epistemic scenario |
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52 | (2) |
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2.3.4 Revisiting previous perspectives |
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54 | (3) |
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2.4.1 Communicated and non-communicated irony |
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2.4.2 Sequenced and delayed non-communicated irony |
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Chapter 3 The epistemic and the observable scenarios |
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3.2 The epistemic scenario |
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3.2.1 The epistemic scenario in verbal irony |
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3.2.2 The epistemic scenario in situational irony |
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3.3 The observable scenario |
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3.3.1 The observable scenario in verbal irony |
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3.3.2 The observable scenario in situational irony |
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3.4 The interaction between the epistemic and the observable scenario |
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3.4.1 The interaction between the epistemic and the observable scenario in verbal irony |
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3.4.2 The interaction between the epistemic and the observable scenario in situational irony |
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3.5 Chained reasoning schemas |
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3.5.1 Chained reasoning schemas in verbal irony |
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3.5.2 Chained reasoning schemas in situational irony |
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3.5.3 Differences between reasoning schemas in situation-based implicature and in irony |
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Chapter 4 Structural elements in irony |
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4.3 Combinations of ironist and interpreter types |
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104 | (2) |
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4.5 The felicity of irony |
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4.6 Irony and related figures of speech |
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110 | (5) |
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4.6.2 Sarcasm, antiphrasis, satire, and prolepsis |
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112 | (3) |
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115 | (2) |
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117 | (28) |
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5.2 A typology of ironic uses |
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5.2.1 Basic uses of irony |
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120 | (9) |
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5.2.2 Re-adapted uses of irony |
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129 | (15) |
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144 | (1) |
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6.1 A summary of findings |
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145 | (3) |
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6.2 Theoretical implications |
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148 | (2) |
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150 | (5) |
References |
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Index |
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