In:Modeling Irony: A cognitive-pragmatic account
Inés Lozano-Palacio and Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez
[Figurative Thought and Language 12] 2022
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Published online: 15 February 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/ftl.12.toc
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Table of contents
AcknowledgementsIX
Chapter 1.In search of a unified framework1
1.1Contextualizing the research3
1.1.1Core conditions4
1.1.2A unified framework5
1.1.3On common analytical categories for verbal and situational irony6
1.1.4On systematization6
1.1.5On the felicity of irony8
1.2A note on methodology8
1.2.1Adequacy criteria12
1.2.2The qualitative approach14
1.2.3Data collection and analysis16
1.3The structure of the book19
Chapter 2.Theoretical pre-requisites21
2.1Introduction21
2.2Perspectives on irony22
2.2.1Irony in rhetoric22
2.2.2Irony in literary theory23
2.2.3Irony in philosophy27
2.2.4Irony in inferential pragmatics30
2.2.5Irony in Cognitive Linguistics39
2.2.6Irony in psycholinguistics42
2.2.7Irony in artificial intelligence45
2.2.8Conclusions46
2.3In search of a unified framework46
2.3.1Previous integrated approaches to irony47
2.3.2The pretended agreement49
2.3.3The epistemic scenario52
2.3.4Revisiting previous perspectives54
2.4Irony types57
2.4.1Communicated and non-communicated irony57
2.4.2Sequenced and delayed non-communicated irony62
2.5Conclusions64
Chapter 3.The epistemic and the observable scenarios67
3.1Introduction67
3.2The epistemic scenario67
3.2.1The epistemic scenario in verbal irony68
3.2.2The epistemic scenario in situational irony80
3.3The observable scenario81
3.3.1The observable scenario in verbal irony81
3.3.2The observable scenario in situational irony83
3.4The interaction between the epistemic and the observable scenario83
3.4.1The interaction between the epistemic and the observable scenario in verbal irony83
3.4.2The interaction between the epistemic and the observable scenario in situational irony85
3.5Chained reasoning schemas87
3.5.1Chained reasoning schemas in verbal irony87
3.5.2Chained reasoning schemas in situational irony92
3.5.3Differences between reasoning schemas in situational-based implicature and in irony93
3.6Conclusions95
Chapter 4.Structural elements in irony97
4.1The ironist97
4.2The interpreter101
4.3Combination of ironist and interpreter types104
4.4The target106
4.5The felicity of irony107
4.6Irony and related figures of speech110
4.6.1Irony and banter110
4.6.2Sarcasm, antiphrasis, satire, and prolepsis112
4.7Conclusions115
Chapter 5.Ironic uses117
5.1Introduction117
5.2A typology of ironic uses118
5.2.1Basic uses of irony120
5.2.2Re-adapted uses of irony129
5.3Conclusions144
Chapter 6.Conclusions145
6.1A summary of findings145
6.2Theoretical implications148
6.3Prospects150
References155
Index171
