Abstract
Taking as its point of departure a neo-Gricean definition of irony, this article critically revisits the proposal of non-deliberate and unintentional irony, which is shown to address a variety of phenomena captured under the “irony” label. In the light of this critique, a refined version of the production-reception model of the figure of irony is endorsed; irony is produced by the speaker (who needs to have only intentions in action) to be understood by the hearer. The product of ironic communication is joint meaning co-constructed by the interlocutors, which is manifest primarily when the speaker's intended meaning and the hearer's interpretations diverge, of which both interactants become aware. This article also offers a theoretical conceptualisation of a few non-prototypical interactional workings of irony and aspects of interlocutors' negotiating (non)ironic intentions in interactions. The problems addressed include misunderstandings, overtly pretended misunderstandings, and deception based on (non)ironic intentions.
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