The language of insults: a look at theme, rheme and negative inferences

This paper examines the thematic structure of a corpus of insults using the inference-boundary model of Theme and Rheme. It focuses on the concept of negative inference - which must be generated for an insult to be successfully delivered - and shows how it allows us to better understand and characte...

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Main Author: Leong, Alvin Ping
Other Authors: School of Humanities
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168929
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English