Pragmatic Functions of Irony 反语的作用

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1、PragmaticFunctionsofIrony1．AbstractIronyisacommonlinguisticphenomenoninverbalcommunication.Recentyearshaveseenamushroomgrowthofdistinctlyangledtheorizationsinthisorientation,whichneverthelessexhibitstrongcomplementarity.Traditionally,ironyistreatedasafigureofspe

2、echwhoseintendedmeaningistheoppositeofthatexpressedbythewordsuttered.Inthispaper,focuswillbelaiduponwhatisirony,whatarethePragmaticfunctionsofironyinEnglishcultureandinChineseculture.andwhatisthecomparisonbetweenEnglishironyandChineseirony.2.WhatisironyItisdiffi

3、culttodefinethewordof“irony”whichcouldbeunderstoodinvariousways.Theexpansionofitsresearchareamaybethedirectcauseofthediversityofthedefinitionofirony.Thefollowingaresomedefinitionsofironyfromdictionaries.2.1Dictionarydefinitionsofirony1)Expressionofone’smeaningby

4、sayingthedirectoppositeofone’sthoughtsinordertobeemphatic,amusing,sarcastic,etc.[2]                     OxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionary2)Useofwordswhichareclearlyoppositetoone’smeaning,usuallyeitherinordertobeamusingortoshowannoyance(e.g.bysayin

5、g‘Whatcharmingbehavior’whensomeonehasbeenrude.)[3]         LongmanDictionaryofEnglishLanguage&Culture(English-Chinese)3)Ironyisaliterarytechniquethatachievestheeffectofsayingonethingandmeaninganotherthroughtheuseofhumorormildsarcasm.[4]                          

6、            Webster’sNewWorldEncyclopedia4)Theuseofwordstoexpresssomethingotherthanandespeciallytheoppositeoftheliteralmeaning.[5]                                              WebsterEnglishDictionary5)Ironyisafigureofspeechthatachievesemphasisbysayingtheopposit

7、eofwhatismeant,theintendedmeaningofthewordsbeingtheoppositeoftheirusualsense.Thisformofironyiscalledverbalirony,anddiffersfromthestylisticdeviceofdramaticirony.[6]                                              EnglishRhetoricalOptions6)DefinitionofironyfromGrolie

8、rInternationalDictionary:a).Anexpressionorutterancemarkedbysuchadeliberatecontrastbetweenapparentandintendedmeaning,forhumorousorrhetoricaleffect.b).Incongruitybetwee