Explicating clearly and concisely the full implication of a praxis-oriented language
pedagogy, this book argues for an approach to language teaching grounded in a significant …

Cyberpragmatics is an analysis of Internet-mediated communication from the perspective of
cognitive pragmatics. It addresses a whole range of interactions that can be found on the …

Interpreting Figurative Meaning critically evaluates the recent empirical work from
psycholinguistics and neuroscience examining the successes and difficulties associated …

When is language considered'impolite'? Is impolite language only used for anti-social
purposes? Can impolite language be creative? What is the difference between'impoliteness' …

How do we learn to produce and comprehend non-literal language? Competing theories
have only partially accounted for the variety of language comprehension evoked in …

This book offers fresh perspectives on untruthfulness entailed in various forms of irony,
deception and humour, which have so far constituted independent foci of linguistic and …

Irony is an intriguing topic, central to the study of meaning in language. This book provides
an introduction to the pragmatics of irony. It surveys key work carried out on irony in a range …

In verbal irony, the speaker's intended meaning can be counterfactual to the literal meaning
of their words. This form of figurative language can help speakers achieve a number of …

This book is an application of relevance theory, a cognitive pragmatics theory of human
communication, to different types of humorous discourse (jokes, stand-up monologues …

This article reports on a pedagogical project aimed at hel** second language (L2)
learners of English develop the ability to detect and appropriately interpret spoken sarcasm …