Irony, Deception and Humour: Seeking the Truth about Overt and Covert Untruthfulness

Marta Dynel

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2018

Irony, Deception and Humour

Seeking the Truth about Overt and Covert Untruthfulness

Marta Dynel

Volume 21 in the series Mouton Series in Pragmatics [MSP]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501507922

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About this book

This book offers fresh perspectives on untruthfulness entailed in various forms of irony, deception and humour, which have so far constituted independent foci of linguistic and philosophical investigation. These three distinct (albeit sometimes co-occurring) notions are brought together within a neo-Gricean framework and consistently discussed as representing overt or covert untruthfulness. The postulates that represent the interface between language philosophy and pragmatics are illustrated with scripted interactions culled from the series House, which help appreciate the complexities of the three concepts at hand. Apart from affording new insights into the nature of irony, deception and humour, this book critically examines previous literature on these notions, as well as relevant aspects of Grice's philosophy of language. Giving a state-of-the-art picture of untruthfulness, this publication will be of interest to both experienced and inexperienced researchers studying Grice’s philosophy, irony, deception and/or humour.

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Marta Dynel, University of Łódź, Poland

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
Chapter 1. Theoretical preliminaries, terminological conundrums and empirical foundations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. (Neo-)Gricean views of cooperation and (un)truthfulness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Chapter 3. Overt untruthfulness: Irony Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Chapter 4. Covert untruthfulness: Deception Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
Chapter 5. Interfaces between humour and (un)truthfulness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	449
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	455
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	481

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Researchers and Advanced Students of Pragmatics and Linguistics.
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 487
Keywords: Irony; Deception; Humor; Pragmatics; Grice

eBook

Published: March 19, 2018
ISBN: 9781501507922

Hardcover

Published: March 19, 2018
ISBN: 9781501516429