Talk Is Cheap: Sarcasm, Alienation, and the Evolution of Language Book

Name: Talk Is Cheap: Sarcasm, Alienation, and the Evolution of Language
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Talk Is Cheap: Sarcasm, Alienation, and the Evolution of Language
Written by author John Haiman
Published by Oxford University Press, USA, March 1998
Putting aside questions of truth and falsehood, the old "talk is cheap" maxim carries as much weight as ever. Indeed, perhaps more. For one need not be an expert in irony or sarcasm to realize that people don't necessarily mean what they say. Phrases such

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Introduction: The Cheapness of Talk 3
1 Sarcasm and the Postmodern Sensibility 12
2 Sarcasm and Its Neighbors 18
3 The Metamessage "I Don't Mean This" 28
4 Alienation and the Divided Self 61
5 Reflexives as Grammatical Signs of the Divided Self 67
6 Un-Plain Speaking 80
7 The Thing in Itself 100
8 Zen Semantics 128
9 Nonlinguistic Ritualization 138
10 Ritualization in Language 147
11 Metalinguistic Ritualization 173
12 Reification and Innateness 186
Postscript 190
App Questionnaire for Eliciting Sarcasm 193
References 195
Index 213

Title: Talk Is Cheap: Sarcasm, Alienation, and the Evolution of Language

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