Talk is cheap : sarcasm, alienation, and the evolution of language /
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 expert in irony or sarcasm to realize that people don't necessarily mean what they say. Phrases such as 'Yeah, right' an...
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998
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