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Palinkasocsi Posted 14 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Irony
Hi, Look at this ironic sentence:
My mother-in-law is a brilliant woman.
I wonder why the speaker said this in spite of the literal 'My ... is bossy, etc.' I know an answer could be 'to criticise'.
Anything else apart from that?
Thank you very much.
Pal
My mother-in-law is a brilliant woman.
I wonder why the speaker said this in spite of the literal 'My ... is bossy, etc.' I know an answer could be 'to criticise'.
Anything else apart from that?
Thank you very much.
Pal
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Hi, Look at this ironic sentence: My mother-in-law is a brilliant woman. I wonder why the speaker said this in spite of the literal 'My ... ' I know an answer could be 'to criticise'.
- Hi, Look at this ironic sentence: My mother-in-law is a brilliant woman.
- I wonder why the speaker said this in spite of the literal 'My ...
- ' I know an answer could be 'to criticise'.
- Anything else apart from that?
- Without any context, we only know that this is an ironic sentence because you have told us that it is Actually, I would call it sarcastic .
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Hi,
Look at this ironic sentence:
My mother-in-law is a brilliant woman.
I wonder why the speaker said this in spite of the literal 'My ... is bossy, etc.' I know an answer could be 'to criticise'.
Anything else apart from that?
Without any context, we only know that this is an ironic sentence because you have told u
Look at this ironic sentence:
My mother-in-law is a brilliant woman.
I wonder why the speaker said this in spite of the literal 'My ... is bossy, etc.' I know an answer could be 'to criticise'.
Anything else apart from that?
Without any context, we only know that this is an ironic sentence because you have told u
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