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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277881659_Linguistic_approaches_to_nonhumorous_irony

Contents

Introduction
Chapter One
The Study of Irony from Stylistic, Pragmatic Perspectives

Chapter Two
The Study of Irony as an Implicit Use of Language In O. Wilde’s Plays

Conclusion

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