IRONY AS A LINGUOCULTURAL PHENOMENON AND PROSODIC MEANS OF ITS REALIZATION IN CONTEMPORARY ORAL BRITISH DISCOURSE
The article gives an overview of some observations made in the course of the research, aimed at the identification of prosodic parameters of irony in oral discourse. Irony is regarded from the linguocultural viewpoint. Special focus is given to the peculiarities of irony in British discourse. The fragments of British cinematic discourse and British comic talk shows are used as the material for investigation. The author gives a general review of the basic tendencies of prosodic realization of ironic utterances.