反諷論

前言
Foreword & Acknowledgement in English
Flowchart of Irony Recognition
Abbreviations
Chapter One A general description of irony
1.1 My understanding of irony
1.2 Pragmatic classification of irony
1.3 Pragma- linguistic forms to realize irony
1.4 Pragmatic strategies in ironic communication
1.5 Pragmatic forces of irony
1.5.1 Making criticism
1.5.2 Showing power
1.5.3 Saving face
1.5.4 Amusing
1.6 General framework of the study: scope, methodology and
objectives
1.7 The use of the terms "speaker/hearer" and other Synonymous
terms
Chapter two Previous accounts of irony: A review
2.1 Traditional semantic definition of irony
2.2 Logical refinement of irony definition
2.3 Grice's pragmatic refinement of irony description
2.4 Post - Gricean refinement of irony description
2.4.1 The echoic mention theory of irony
2.4.2 The pretense theory of irony
2.4.3 Resemblances and differences between the mention and
pretense theories
2.5 Concluding remarks on the previous accounts of irony
Chapter Three Properties of ironic utterance
3.1 Properties embedded in ironic utterance
3.1.1 Indeterminacy and vagueness of ironical implications
3.1.2 Plurality of ironic interpretation
3.1.3 Extendibility of ironical implication
3.2 Pragma - psychological properties of ironic communication
3.2.1 Pragma- psychological context constituting irony
3.2.2 Pragma - psychological implication of an ironist' s utterance
Chapter Four Mutuality: the precondition for ironic communication
and cognition
4.1 Elements constituting mutuality
4.2 Necessity of mutuality in ironic communication
4.3 Possibility of establishing mutuality in ironic communication
4.3.1 Cues indicating mutuality
4.3.2 Mutuality decision criterion in ironic communication
4.4 Summary of Chapters Three and Four
Chapter Five Perception of counter - expectational mismatch as irony
triggering
5.1 The echoism hypothesis——irony as echoic interpretation
5.2 The pretense hypothesis——irony as pretense
5.3 An alternative hypothesis——irony as counter-expectational
mismatch
Chapter Six Irony: Misapplication of a critical evaluation
6.1 Irony as a critical evaluation
6.2 Irony as misapplication of a critical evaluation
6.3 Summary of Part Three (Chapters Five and Six)
Chapter Seven Irony cognition and its principle
7.1 The principle of irony cognition
7.2 Recognition of ironic implicatures
7.3 Recognition of ironic impression and attitude
7.4 A brief summary of Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight Irony understanding: Looking back and forward
Notes
Appendix
Bibliography