My name is Ewa Nowik and I am a Ph.D. student at the Institute
of English Studies, Warsaw University, Poland. I am interested
in one of the politeness strategies: banter (an offensive way of
being polite). I want to see if the Theory of Relevance is
capable of explaining the phenomenon. Since banter is often
connected with irony, it would also be interesting to see if
(and how) the treatment of banter will influence the account of
irony offered by the relevance framework. I would appreciate all
comments on the subject.
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