Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction. On the diversity of irony -- Part I: Diversity across figures -- Uniting irony, hyperbole and metaphor in an affect-centred, pretence-based framework -- How defaultness affects text production: Resonating with default interpretations of negative sarcasm -- Irony in constructions -- Hyperbolic Figures -- Denying the salient contrast. Speaker's attitude in hyperbole -- Part II: Diversity across languages -- Thai irony as an indirect relational tool to save face in social interactions -- England is an appendix; Corrupt officials are like hairs on a nation's arm: Sarcasm, irony and self-irony in figurative political discourse -- Grammatical emphasis and irony in Spanish -- Part III: Diversity across media -- Eye-rolling, irony and embodiment -- Experimental investigations of irony as a viewpoint phenomenon -- Faces of sarcasm. Exploring raised eyebrows with sarcasm in French political debates -- A pilot study on the diversity in irony production and irony perception -- Index