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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466306703321

Autore

Haiman John

Titolo

Talk is cheap : sarcasm, alienation, and the evolution of language / / John Haiman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

0-19-802750-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Disciplina

401

Soggetti

Language and languages - Philosophy

Semantics

Pragmatics

Irony

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: The Cheapness of Talk; 1 Sarcasm and the Postmodern Sensibility; 2 Sarcasm and Its Neighbors; 3 The Metamessage ""I Don't Mean This""; 4 Alienation and the Divided Self; 5 Reflexives as Grammatical Signs of the Divided Self; 6 Un-Plain Speaking; 7 The Thing in Itself; 8 Zen Semantics; 9 Nonlinguistic Ritualization; 10 Ritualization in Language; 11 Metalinguistic Ritualization; 12 Reification and Innateness; Postscript; Appendix: Questionnaire for Eliciting Sarcasm; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z