Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1. Continua in non-literalness
6. Chapter 1. Category extension as a variety of loose use 25
7. Chapter 2. Metonymic relations – from determinacy to indeterminacy 45
8. Part 2. Concepts, procedures and discourse effects
9. Chapter 3. Evidential participles and epistemic vigilance 69
10. Chapter 4. The Greek connective gar 95
11. Chapter 5. Metarepresentation markers in Indus Kohistani 121
12. Part 3. Multimodality and style
13. Chapter 6. When EVERYTHING STANDS OUT, Nothing Does 167
14. Chapter 7. Relevance, style and multimodality 193
15. Part 4. Pragmatic effects and emotions
16. Chapter 8. Towards a relevance-theoretic account of hate speech 229
17. Chapter 9. Tropes of ill repute 259
18. Part 5. Stylistic effects in literary works
19. Chapter 10. Another look at “Cat in the rain” 291
20. Chapter 11. Echoic irony in Philip Larkin’s poetry and its preservation in Polish translations 309
21. Chapter 12. Humour and irony in George Mikes’ How to be a Brit 327
22. Name index 351
23. Subject index 355