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Irony in Language and Thought assembles an interdisciplinary collection of seminal empirical and theoretical papers on irony in language and thought into one co

This book adopts a broad cognitive-pragmatic perspective on irony which sees ironic meaning as the result of complex inferential activity arising from conflicti

The volume provides original research and analyses of the multi-faceted conceptual and verbal process(es) of irony. Key topics explored include interdisciplinar

Although the figure of irony has enjoyed extensive attention through important contributions to the diverse literatures addressing figurative thought and langua

After enduring many injuries of the noble Fortunato, Montressor executes the perfect revenge.