Irony and Politeness: Softening or Enhancing Face-Threats

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 5.5, University of Zurich (English Seminar), course: Seminar zu Politeness, language: English, abstract: Irony in politeness theories was at first considered as a tool to save the face of theaddressee, but later research challenged this view as will be shown in this paper. The use ofirony can ea...