The language of insults: a look at theme, rheme and negative inferences
This paper examines the thematic structure of a corpus of insults using the inference-boundary model of Theme and Rheme. It focuses on the concept of negative inference - which must be generated for an insult to be successfully delivered - and shows how it allows us to better understand and characte...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168929 |
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The language of insults: A look at Theme, Rheme and negative inferences
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