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Title	’n Perspektief op ironie in die hedendaagse Afrikaanse taalgebruik

Creator	van der Merwe, T.

Subject	— Implicature; Irony; Irony Of Opposition; Irony Of Scale; Situational Irony; Verbal Irony
Description	A discussion of irony in contemporary Afrikaans The purpose of this article is to investigate the nature of irony as used in contemporary Afrikaans language. A common feature of the irony that shows up consistently in contemporary Afrikaans, is some form of duality or contrast, such as between a reality and a perception. Special attention is given to the distinguishing features of verbal irony and the different semantic contrasts which could occur. Various signals indicating irony, and functions of irony in contemporary use are also examined.

Publisher	AOSIS

Contributor	—
Date	2001-08-07

Type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — — —
Format	application/pdf
Identifier	10.4102/lit.v22i2.364

Source	Literator; Vol 22, No 2 (2001); 91-112 Literator; Vol 22, No 2 (2001); 91-112 2219-8237 0258-2279

Language	eng

Relation	The following web links (URLs) may trigger a file download or direct you to an alternative webpage to gain access to a publication file format of the published article: https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/364/332

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Rights	Copyright (c) 2001 T. van der Merwe https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0