| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-21页 |
| ·The research background of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The objectives of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·The research questions of the study | 第14页 |
| ·The plots of Persuasion | 第14-15页 |
| ·Basic concepts of irony | 第15-19页 |
| ·The definition of irony | 第15-16页 |
| ·The classification of irony | 第16-18页 |
| ·Factors that influencing the use of irony | 第18-19页 |
| ·An overview of the thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第21-28页 |
| ·Irony study abroad | 第21-25页 |
| ·The rhetorical approach to irony | 第21-22页 |
| ·The pragmatic approach to irony | 第22-25页 |
| ·Irony study in China | 第25-26页 |
| ·The rhetorical approach to irony | 第26页 |
| ·The pragmatic approach to irony | 第26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation and the Corpus of the Study | 第28-38页 |
| ·The Adaptation Theory | 第28-33页 |
| ·The three properties of language | 第29-30页 |
| ·Four angles of adaptability | 第30-32页 |
| ·The relationship between the four angles | 第32-33页 |
| ·The framework of the present study | 第33-35页 |
| ·Irony as a language choice | 第33-34页 |
| ·Irony as adaptation to the contextual correlates | 第34-35页 |
| ·The feasibility of analyzing irony of Persuasion within the framework of the Adaptation Theory | 第35-36页 |
| ·The methodology of the study | 第36页 |
| ·The types of language material | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 4 The Micro Irony in Persuasion as Adaptation to Contextual Correlate | 第38-47页 |
| ·Irony cues | 第38-39页 |
| ·Ironic utterances as adaptation to the social world, mental world,physical world | 第39-47页 |
| Chapter 5 The Macro Irony in Persuasion as Adaptation to the Contextual Correlates | 第47-72页 |
| ·Ironic narration as adaptation to contextual correlates | 第47-57页 |
| ·Ironic narration as adaptation to the characters’mental world | 第48-53页 |
| ·Ironic narration as adaptation to the social reality | 第53-55页 |
| ·Ironic narration as adaptation to the readers | 第55-57页 |
| ·Structural irony as adaptation to Contextual Correlates | 第57-72页 |
| ·Structural irony as adaptation to the author’s emotion | 第57-61页 |
| ·Structural irony as adaptation to the social reality | 第61-63页 |
| ·Structural irony as adaptation to Austen’s feminist consciousness | 第63-66页 |
| ·Structural irony as adaptation to the author’s intention | 第66-72页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第72-75页 |
| ·Summary of the findings | 第73页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第73-74页 |
| ·The suggestions for future study | 第74-75页 |
| References | 第75-79页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第79-80页 |
| 作者简介 | 第80页 |
