Contrast and pragmatics in figurative language: Anything understatement can do, irony can do betterHerbert L. Colston2000-10-01articleJournal of Pragmatics277 citationsclosedNo readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionAbstractNo abstract was published for this record.Citations in this libraryStored only when both papers are in the corpus — 277 citations exist upstream.References1986Relevance: Communication and Cognition1981Irony and the Use-Mention Distinction2008Further Notes on Logic and Conversation1994The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics1995How about another piece of pie: The allusional pretense theory of discourse irony.1984On the pretense theory of irony.1996The functions of sarcastic irony in speech1978Literal meaningCited by2003Issues in conversational joking2009Beyond a Joke: Types of Conversational Humour2003“There's millions of them”: hyperbole in everyday conversation2007The sound of sarcasm2002Are Irony and Metaphor Understood Differently?2004On Negation as Mitigation: The Case of Negative Irony2007Irony and reversal of evaluation2000Contrast of Kind Versus Contrast of Magnitude: The Pragmatic Accomplishments of Irony and Hyperbole