By Barbe, Katharina
In her e-book, Barbe discusses verbal irony as an interpretative idea. Verbal irony is defined in its numerous realizations and therefore put inside of linguistics and pragmatics. From the viewpoint of an studying observer, Barbe presents an eclectic method of irony in context, a learn of the way conversational irony works, and the way it compares with different strategies within which it performs a job. additionally, via the research of irony as an built-in pervasive function of language, Barbe questions a few easy unspoken, literacy and culture-dependent assumptions approximately language. Her examine of irony enhances modern study within the region of conversational research
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130). Even though her approach is predominantly semantic, she also writes about irony in terms of a discourse strategy. Irony can be used for humorous as well as for hurtful purposes. An ironic speaker sends as a meta-message, either This is play or This is control. To this end, speakers can use irony exclusively. They can exclude certain participants, in order to control the other participants and to elevate themselves to the detriment of their listeners. When ironists use irony inclusively, they reinforce solidarity.
Sarcasm still accords the hearers to save face. If they do not agree with the speaker, they do not need to reply, and they can ignore the utterance. Direct criticism, on the other hand, would force a reply. In this case, we can consider sarcasm a potentially face-threatening and attacking criticism which forces an ironic interpretation. Final thoughts The examples discussed above allow many different facets of irony. Some inconsistency is recognizable in each instance, stronger in the difference (those cases where there appears a difference in sentence and speaker meaning) and weaker in the literal cases (when sentence and speaker meaning merge).
Looking closer at the context, we discover that the utterance can indeed be viewed in terms of ironic opposition. Whether the environment or abortion are controversial topics is beside the point. Debates are inherently controversial. 9 By definition, debaters embrace rather than avoid controversy. Thus, Bruno's teasing comment Let's get awayfromcontroversy cannot be taken at face-value. But, as we have seen in the previous chapter, irony can also be found in utterances, where sentence and speaker meaning conflate.
