A reply to Seto, Hamamoto and Yamanashi: Irony and relevance

Sperber, Dan; Wilson, Deirdre

doi:10.1075/pbns.37.16spe

In:Relevance Theory: Applications and implications
Edited by Robyn Carston and Seiji Uchida
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 37] 1998
► pp. 283–294

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Irony and relevance

A reply to Seto, Hamamoto and Yamanashi

Dan Sperber

Deirdre Wilson

Published online: 15 March 1998

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.37.16spe

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