Verbal Irony as Invective in Aristophanes
Abstract
This paper offers a first approach to verbal irony in Aristophanes’ comedies as a linguistic resource of humour and invective. The purpose is twofold: firstly, to examine irony markers in order to explain their use in context and, secondly, to identify patterns of comic invective in passages in which verbal irony comes into play.
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2025-07-16
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Fornieles, R. (2025). Verbal Irony as Invective in Aristophanes. Classica Et Mediaevalia, 81–100. Retrieved from https://tidsskrift.dk/classicaetmediaevalia/article/view/158144
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