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The article examines the use of irony in literature and other written communication. The difficulty of expressing irony in written form is examined, and the use of punctuation to indicate irony is compared to the use of body language to indicate irony in oral communication. The history of efforts to...
| Publicado en: | New Statesman Vol. 142; no. 5180; pp. 32 - 35 |
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New Statesman Ltd.
10/18/2013
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| Sumario: | The article examines the use of irony in literature and other written communication. The difficulty of expressing irony in written form is examined, and the use of punctuation to indicate irony is compared to the use of body language to indicate irony in oral communication. The history of efforts to create punctuation in English and other languages to indicate irony is discussed. |
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