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Re: Ironic Use of Attitudinals
- To: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
- Subject: Re: Ironic Use of Attitudinals
- From: And Rosta <a.rosta@UCLAN.AC.UK>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 10:34:10 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: University of Central Lancashire
- Reply-to: And Rosta <a.rosta@UCLAN.AC.UK>
- Sender: Lojban list <LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET>
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.
--&