Re: Ironic Use of Attitudinals

[Ashley Yakeley <AshleyB@HALCYON.COM>]

At 1997-11-13 09:13, Rick Nylander wrote:

>1.      Irony (as proposed) is the use of a word to mean it's opposite.
>[definition]
>        Therefore: To be understood, an ironic term must be understood
>by the listener to be false.

Doesn't follow. Clearly some attitudinals have, at least approximately,
opposites. This doesn't mean they are ever 'false'. I would say, to be
understood, an ironic term must be understood by the listener as
superficially misrepresentative.


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