{"product_id":"characterising-irony-steven-pattison-9781032023557","title":"Characterising Irony: A Systematic Approach to Literary and Linguistic Texts","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a systematic, bottom-up account of irony across both everyday contexts and literary and linguistic texts, using an empirically rigorous approach in distinguishing between central irony, non-central ironies, and non-ironies and highlighting a new way forward for irony research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume considers the current landscape of irony, in which the term is used with increasing frequency with the knock-on effect of a loosening of its meaning. Pattison addresses this challenge by applying a systematic form of analysis, rooted in frameworks from pragmatics and complementary disciplines, to a database of over 500 irony candidates from a wide range of sources. The book uses these examples to illustrate the features of central ironies as well as the attributes used to differentiate between central ironies, non-central ironies, and non-ironies. These attributes are mapped across four key domains, including: difference and opposition; the role of context; how ironies are signaled; and speaker attitude and intention. Taken together, the volume puts forth a credible account for more clearly characterizing examples of irony and equips researchers with a comprehensive step-by-step method for undertaking future research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is key reading for scholars in stylistics, pragmatics, literary studies, and psycholinguistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Pattison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032023554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032023557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Steven Pattison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46233187877119,"sku":"9781032023557","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0c959bf-fcdc-406a-9af2-a935744cb07a.jpg?v=1728992316","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/characterising-irony-steven-pattison-9781032023557","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}