Date:  Fri, 14 Nov 1997 10:34:10 -0500 (EST)
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From: And Rosta <a.rosta@UCLAN.AC.UK>
Organization: University of Central Lancashire
Subject:      Re: Ironic Use of Attitudinals
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la acli x cusku di`e:
> No, this is not a language-level concern: irony takes place _after_
> language has done its job of converting text to meaning.

This is one of the points I've been making in the figurativeness
thread, and also in many others hitherto.

--&