The Author: Javier Herrero Ruiz graduated in English Philology with a specialization in Linguistics at the University of La Rioja (Spain). In 2003 he started his doctoral courses. He was visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (USA) in 2004. He received his doctoral degree from the University of La Rioja in 2008.

• Contents: Tropes – Figures of Speech – Irony – Paradox – Oxymoron – Overstatement – Understatement – Euphemism – Dysphemism – Cognitive Linguistics – Relevance Theory – Pragmatics – ICM – Contrast – Processing model – Meaning – Pragmatic implications – Cognitive operations – Contextual effects.

The Author: Javier Herrero Ruiz graduated in English Philology with a specialization in Linguistics at the University of La Rioja (Spain). In 2003 he started his doctoral courses. He was visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (USA) in 2004. He received his doctoral degree from the University of La Rioja in 2008.

• Contents: Tropes – Figures of Speech – Irony – Paradox – Oxymoron – Overstatement – Understatement – Euphemism – Dysphemism – Cognitive Linguistics – Relevance Theory – Pragmatics – ICM – Contrast – Processing model – Meaning – Pragmatic implications – Cognitive operations – Contextual effects.

The Author: Javier Herrero Ruiz graduated in English Philology with a specialization in Linguistics at the University of La Rioja (Spain). In 2003 he started his doctoral courses. He was visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (USA) in 2004. He received his doctoral degree from the University of La Rioja in 2008.

• Contents: Tropes – Figures of Speech – Irony – Paradox – Oxymoron – Overstatement – Understatement – Euphemism – Dysphemism – Cognitive Linguistics – Relevance Theory – Pragmatics – ICM – Contrast – Processing model – Meaning – Pragmatic implications – Cognitive operations – Contextual effects.