The word "claim" is one of those words that is often used with some skeptism. When you add "merely" to that, the skepticism mounts. The expression lends itself to two interpretations: (1) The claim is false. (2) I don't

Consider the following dialogue: Person #1: "You're crazy!" Person #2: "I'm not crazy. I merely claim to be Napoleon come back from the grave." After doing a Google search for "I merely claim to be", I was

Which of the following do you think is correct? ( referring to different researchers and (their) different conceptions ) 1. The researchers labeled their conceptions as 'umbrella frameworks' which have the potential to explain all irony. 2

Hi all, In the following sentence can Kihara's theory too be interpreted as a theory of verbal irony? Does the sentence suggest something like that? In reaction to Kihara's theory, the second part of the paper proposes a semantic

Dear all, Do you think ... The theory has trouble explaining all discourse irony . could mean: all instances of discourse irony? Is the singular (irony) ok? Any other suggestions? Thanks a lot! P.

Dear Avangi, "instances of ironic speech" Yes, you are absolutely right. I agree that sentences cannot be ironic, since irony is NOT a matter of language but has to do with conceptual integration (or blending), as it is termed in

Dear Mr. Wordy, Don't worry, I understand your pragmatic-theory problem since (and correct me if I'm wrong) you are not supposed to be a linguist. In everyday language pragmatic and theoretical are kind of opposites, pragmatic having

Thanks, GG. It may be hard to believe, but this is news to me. I'd call these examples pure sarcasm, having nothing to do with irony. I readily admit that irony exists (as a situation) in language, and is a handy tool for sarcasm. I thank

Hey, A., why don't you check out these links? http://www.k-state.edu/english/baker/english320/cc-verbal_irony.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony Sarcasm is a sub-set.

"instances of ironic speech" "conversational irony" My problem in trying to make sense of this is that I've never thought of a sentence (or even a statement or an expression) as being ironic. I think of situations as