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Talk Is Cheap : Sarcasm, Alienation, and the Evolution of Language
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Minnesota John Haiman Professor of Linguistics Macalester College
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-02-26 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Putting aside questions of truth and falsehood, the old "talk is cheap" maxim carries as much weight as ever. Indeed, perhaps more. For one need not be an exper
Talk is Cheap
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: John Haiman
Categories: Irony
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Talk Is Cheap begins with this telling observation and proceeds to argue that such "unplain speaking" is fundamentally embedded in the way we now talk. John Hai
Talk Is Cheap
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: John Haiman
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-03-26 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Putting aside questions of truth and falsehood, the old "talk is cheap" maxim carries as much weight as ever. Indeed, perhaps more. For one need not be an exper
Advances in Psychology Research, Volume 49
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Alexandra M. Columbus
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Nova Publishers

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"Advances in Psychology Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an
Irony and Sarcasm
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Roger Kreuz
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-18 - Publisher: MIT Press

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A psycholinguist explores the use and misuse of the words “irony” and “sarcasm” throughout history! Isn’t it ironic? Or is it? Never mind, I'm just be