文档介绍：IRONY IN
LANGUAGE
AND THOUGHT
A Cognitive Science Reader
IRONY IN
LANGUAGE
AND THOUGHT
A Cognitive Science Reader
Edited by
Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr.
University of California, Santa Cruz
and
Herbert L. Colston
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
New York London
Cover design by Katherine Houghtaling Lacey.
Cover artwork by Morgan Gibbs Colston. Father Figure, 2002; paraffin crayon on paper, 46 × 30 cm, pri-
vate collection.
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Irony in language and thought : a cognitive science reader / edited by Herbert L.
Colston and Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8058-6062-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-0-8058-6061-0 (alk. paper)
-- ISBN 978-1-4106-1668-5 (e-book)
1. Irony. I. Colston, Herbert L. II. Gibbs, Raymond W. III. Title.
2007
809’.918--dc22 2006037734
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