Re: Ironic Use of Attitudinals

[Ashley Yakeley <AshleyB@HALCYON.COM>]

At 1997-11-13 09:25, Rick Nylander wrote:

>I have a (naove?) question:
>Why is it so important that attitudinals be useable in a
>sarcastic/ironic manner?

The option of being able to use a language ironically makes communication
that little bit richer.

>Is there some deficiency in the language that requires this?

No, this is not a language-level concern: irony takes place _after_
language has done its job of converting text to meaning.

It's not _that_ important, of course, but it's interesting.



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Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA
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