The peculiarities of the English ironic discourse

The article deals with irony as a discourse category in the English communicative culture. Optimization of interpersonal relations is singled out as the hyperstrategy of the English irony. It suggests that irony may be included into the range of politeness strategies.

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Main Author: A A Gornostaeva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2012-12-01
Series:Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/9469
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description The article deals with irony as a discourse category in the English communicative culture. Optimization of interpersonal relations is singled out as the hyperstrategy of the English irony. It suggests that irony may be included into the range of politeness strategies.
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spelling doaj.art-b7c2d3de1e5b46b489218f5a07c0bb502022-12-21T19:43:42ZengPeoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN2312-91822312-92122012-12-010440479468The peculiarities of the English ironic discourseA A Gornostaeva0Московский государственный лингвистический университет (МГЛУ)The article deals with irony as a discourse category in the English communicative culture. Optimization of interpersonal relations is singled out as the hyperstrategy of the English irony. It suggests that irony may be included into the range of politeness strategies.http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/9469иронияиронический дискурсфункции ирониианглийская коммуникативная культурастратегии вежливости
spellingShingle A A Gornostaeva
The peculiarities of the English ironic discourse
Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN
ирония
иронический дискурс
функции иронии
английская коммуникативная культура
стратегии вежливости
title The peculiarities of the English ironic discourse
title_full The peculiarities of the English ironic discourse
title_fullStr The peculiarities of the English ironic discourse
title_full_unstemmed The peculiarities of the English ironic discourse
title_short The peculiarities of the English ironic discourse
title_sort peculiarities of the english ironic discourse
topic ирония
иронический дискурс
функции иронии
английская коммуникативная культура
стратегии вежливости
url http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/9469
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