Manuel Jobert

List of John Benjamins publications in which Manuel Jobert is involved.

Title

The Pragmatics of Irony and Banter

Edited by Manuel Jobert and Sandrine Sorlin

The Pragmatics of Irony and Banter is the first book-length study analysing irony and banter together. This approach, inherited from Geoffrey Leech’s research, implies that the two notions are intrinsically related. In this thought-provoking volume, the various contributors (linguists,… read more

[Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 30] 2018. vi, 221 pp.

Articles

Jobert, Manuel 2026 Chapter 14. The rhetoric of denunciation in Julie Otsuka’s Japanese trilogy Practising Stylistics: Essays in Honour of Paul Simpson, Neary, Clara, Simon Statham and Peter Stockwell (eds.), pp. 175–189 | Chapter

This chapter explores the thematic and stylistic coherence across Julie Otsuka’s three novels — When the Emperor Was Divine (2002), The Buddha in the Attic (2011), and The Swimmers (2022) — arguing that they form a unified trilogy chronicling Japanese American history and identity. Through a… read more

Jobert, Manuel and Sandrine Sorlin 2018 Chapter 1. Introduction: The intricacies of irony and banter The Pragmatics of Irony and Banter, Jobert, Manuel and Sandrine Sorlin (eds.), pp. 3–21 | Chapter

This introductory chapter starts with a brief presentation of what triggered our interest in the joint study of irony and banter. We then delve into the theoretical intricacies of these two discursive practices. We review the major theoretical frameworks that have contributed to our understanding… read more