IRONY  反語

SPEAK so as to INTEND to COMMUNICATE the CONTRARY of what one's WORDS MEAN.
Hypernym
  • SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
    • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
      • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
        • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
Modern Chinese Criteria
反語 is the current modern translation word for irony.

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

  • A Rhetoric of Irony ( BOOTH 1974) p.

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 2.1739

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 2.2111

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 4.577

    IRONIE

  • Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Second Edition ( BROWN 2005) p.

  • Ästhetische Grundbegriffe ( BARCK 2010) p. 3.196

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