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毕业论文
( 2010届)
论文题目 A Study on Irony under the Framework of
(英文) Relevance Theory: a Case Analysis of Pride
and Prejudice
论文题目关联理论框架下的反语研究
(中文) ——《傲慢与偏见》个案分析
专业
学院
仁济学院 英语
学号
班级
2006(02)班 0606041052
作者姓名
指导老师
郑璐

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目录
Abstract. iv
摘要 v
Outline vi
提纲 vii
1. Introduction 1
2. Literature review 2
3. Theoretical basis of the research 4
Main points of Relevance Theory 4
Notion of relevance 4
Principle of relevance 5
Cognitive environment 6
The ostensive-inferential process 6
Verbal irony 7
Echoic-interpretation Theory of irony 7
Types of the source echoed 8
Summary 9
4. Analysis of irony in Pride and Prejudice 9
Brief introduction of Pride and Prejudice 9
Macro-analysis of irony in Pride and Prejudice 10
Analyzing irony for highlighting the theme 10
Analyzing irony for manifesting the features of characters’ personalities 13
Micro-analysis of verbal irony in Pride and Prejudice 14
Direct and immediate echoes 15
Echoes of real and imaginary attributed thoughts 16
Echoes of norms and standard expectation 17
5. Conclusion 18
Work Cited 19
A Study on Irony under the Framework of Relevance Theory:
a Case Analysis of Pride and Prejudice
ZHENG Lu
Abstract: The thesis would take the dynamic research on irony, irony from the literature works in particular, within the framework of Relevance Theory and prove the rationality and feasibility of understanding irony especially understanding the non-researcher fabricated language materials.
The Relevance Theory holds that munication is a process of mutual manifestness; the hearer intends to interpret the speech through inference and contextual assumptions. According to Sperber and Wilson, the Echoic-interpretation Theory of irony defines irony as a multiple echoic interpretive use, in which the speaker and the hearer dissociate them from the opinion echoed and t