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De Gruyter Mouton Irony, Deception and Humour: Untruthfulness in Language

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This academic work explores untruthfulness across irony, deception and humour within a neo-Gricean pragmatic framework. The book bridges linguistic and philosophical investigation by treating these three distinct phenomena as expressions of either overt or covert untruthfulness. Rather than examining irony, deception and humour as isolated subjects, the author integrates them into a cohesive theoretical model that draws on language philosophy and pragmatics. The analysis incorporates scripted interactions from the television series House to illustrate how these forms of untruthfulness operate in real conversational contexts. Scholars of linguistics, philosophy of language, pragmatics and discourse analysis will find this volume valuable for understanding the complex interplay between what speakers say and what they actually mean. Published by De Gruyter Mouton as part of the Mouton Series in Pragmatics, this book represents the 21st entry in a respected academic series devoted to pragmatic theory and application.

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The book treats irony, deception and humour as manifestations of overt or covert untruthfulness within a unified neo-Gricean framework.

De Gruyter Mouton's volume integrates linguistic investigation with philosophical perspectives on untruthfulness in language.

Scripted interactions from House television episodes provide concrete examples of how irony, deception and humour function in dialogue.

This work appears as volume 21 in the Mouton Series in Pragmatics, an established academic series on pragmatic theory.

The book addresses the interface between language philosophy and pragmatics to explain complex communicative phenomena.

Product Specifications
Brand
De Gruyter Mouton
Format
hardcover
ASIN
1501516426
Category
Books > Subjects > Reference > Words, Language & Grammar
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
19 March 2018
Listed Since
15 November 2017

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