Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Acknowledgments 1
4. Chapter 1. An Invitation to Irony 3
5. Chapter 2. "But that's not ironic" 15
6. Chapter 3. Linguistic Approaches to Irony 33
7. Chapter 4. Traditional Approaches to Irony 61
8. Chapter 5. Taking Stock 73
9. Chapter 6. Irony and Jokes 93
10. Chapter 7. Irony and Lies 111
11. Chapter 8. Explicit Irony 131
12. Chapter 9. The Translation of Irony 145
13. Chapter 10. Epilogue 171
14. Notes 177
15. References 189
16. Index 203