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Pejoration via sarcastic irony and sarcasm

Abstract

This chapter addresses two notions which have received hardly any attention in the studies on pejoration: irony and sarcasm. The two concepts are teased out in the light of ample and heterogeneous research. The author argues in favour of differentiating between the two with reference to neo-Gricean terms. The focus is on the negatively evaluative/pejorative potential of sarcasm, as well as sarcastic irony, which is proposed to be a combination of irony and sarcasm. This theoretical study is illustrated with examples extracted from “House”.

Abstract

This chapter addresses two notions which have received hardly any attention in the studies on pejoration: irony and sarcasm. The two concepts are teased out in the light of ample and heterogeneous research. The author argues in favour of differentiating between the two with reference to neo-Gricean terms. The focus is on the negatively evaluative/pejorative potential of sarcasm, as well as sarcastic irony, which is proposed to be a combination of irony and sarcasm. This theoretical study is illustrated with examples extracted from “House”.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. What is pejoration, and how can it be expressed in language? 1
  5. Pejoration in different linguistic domains
  6. Pejorative prosody 21
  7. How do evaluative derivational meanings arise? A bit of Geforsche and Forscherei 41
  8. Quantification with pejoratives 75
  9. Pejoration, normalcy conceptions and generic sentences 103
  10. Demonstrative pejoratives 119
  11. Pejoration, slurring and sarcasm
  12. Slurring as insulting 145
  13. A multi-act perspective on slurs 167
  14. The meaning and use of slurs 187
  15. Pejoration via sarcastic irony and sarcasm 219
  16. Pejoration in different linguistic contexts
  17. Pejoration in contact 243
  18. Bla, bla, bla in German. A pejorative construction? 269
  19. Pejoratives in Korean 301
  20. Pejorative aspects attributed to hearing people in signed constructed dialogue 325
  21. Index 355
Pejoration
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https://doi.org/10.1075/la.228.10dyn

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. What is pejoration, and how can it be expressed in language? 1
  5. Pejoration in different linguistic domains
  6. Pejorative prosody 21
  7. How do evaluative derivational meanings arise? A bit of Geforsche and Forscherei 41
  8. Quantification with pejoratives 75
  9. Pejoration, normalcy conceptions and generic sentences 103
  10. Demonstrative pejoratives 119
  11. Pejoration, slurring and sarcasm
  12. Slurring as insulting 145
  13. A multi-act perspective on slurs 167
  14. The meaning and use of slurs 187
  15. Pejoration via sarcastic irony and sarcasm 219
  16. Pejoration in different linguistic contexts
  17. Pejoration in contact 243
  18. Bla, bla, bla in German. A pejorative construction? 269
  19. Pejoratives in Korean 301
  20. Pejorative aspects attributed to hearing people in signed constructed dialogue 325
  21. Index 355
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