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Part 1 An Invitation to Irony: Some ideas on language; Thespeaker/hearer dilemma; A preliminary characterization of irony; Some finalremarks; Chapter outline. Part 2 "But that's not ironic": "Now, what isironic?" - Interpretation of ironic instances: Difference, Interpretation ofironic instances: Literalness; Sarcasm; Final Thoughts. Part 3 LinguisticApproaches to Irony: Conversational examples of irony; Irony and linguistics- Grice, Cutler, Myers Roy, Sperber and Wilson, Clark and Gerrig, Comparison:Mention Theory and Pretense Theory, What do we have so far?, Speech ActTheory, Psycholinguistic approaches, Discussion - The interpretation ofGrice, Conclusion. Part 4 Traditional and Literary Approaches to Irony: Whatis traditional irony?; Criticism of traditional accounts; Non-linguisticcontemporary approaches to irony; Conclusion. Part 5 Irony - Taking Stock:Approaching irony - Medium, Scope, Signals, Context, Discernable types andforms of irony, Purpose, Participant constellation, Summary; Understanding issearch; Metaphors; Dichotomies; Politeness and irony; Conclusion. Part 6Irony and Jokes: Political jokes in oppressed systems - Criticism, Avoidanceof punishment: First Prize-15 years, Solidarity, Relief, Discussion, The roleof irony in interpersonal joking relationships, Conversational joking, How totell a joke or an irony; Conclusion. Part 7 Irony and Lies: What is a lie?What is lying? - Critique of the definitions; The connection between ironyand lies - Signals, Purpose, Politeness, Is it irony or is it a lie? - Someexamples; Conclusion - Irony, lies, jokes; Excursus: to lie, to joke, toironize. Part 8 Explicit Irony: "Isn't it ironic that . . . ?" - Letters tothe Editor as sources for explicit irony, Explicit irony as criticalevaluation - some examples, Conflicting actions by one participant,Conflicting actions by different participants, Coincidence, Discussion,Summary, Conclusion - Implicit and explicit irony. Part 9 The Translation ofIrony: Irony in translation; Instances of translation - Nonce irony, Commonirony; Nonce irony and common irony - some further thoughts; Ironically, wecannot (yet) translate "ironically"; The development of "ironically" inGerman - some further observations; Translation from German to English;Strategies for the translation of irony; Revisiting dichotomies - free andliteral translation; Final thoughts. Part 10 Epilogue: Are we living in anironic age?; How to be ironic.