| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Necessity of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Purposes of the Study | 第11页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review of Irony | 第13-23页 |
| ·Basic Concepts of Irony | 第13-16页 |
| ·Definitions of Irony | 第13-15页 |
| ·Classifications of Irony | 第15-16页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Irony Abroad | 第16-21页 |
| ·The Literary or Rhetoric Study of Irony | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Semantic Study of Irony | 第17页 |
| ·The Psycholinguistic Study of Irony | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Study of Irony | 第18-21页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Irony at Home | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework:Adaptation Theory | 第23-30页 |
| ·An Introduction | 第23-24页 |
| ·Main Concepts of Adaptation Theory | 第24-29页 |
| ·Language Use as Making Continuous Linguistic Choices | 第24-25页 |
| ·Three Properties of Language | 第25-26页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigation | 第26-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Four Case Study of Irony in Pride and Prejudice Under Adaptation Theory | 第30-48页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Pride and Prejudice | 第30-31页 |
| ·Main Content of Pride and Prejudice | 第30-31页 |
| ·Linguistic Features of Pride and Prejudice | 第31页 |
| ·Irony in Pride and Prejudice as Adaptation to Contextual Correlates | 第31-40页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Mental World | 第32-35页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Social World | 第35-37页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Physical World | 第37-40页 |
| ·Irony in Pride and Prejudice as Adaptation to Structural Objects | 第40-44页 |
| ·Linguistic Clues | 第41-43页 |
| ·Discourse Structural Clues | 第43-44页 |
| ·Salience and Irony in Pride and Prejudice | 第44-46页 |
| ·Individual Salience and Irony:expectation | 第44-45页 |
| ·Social Salience and Irony:asymmetry | 第45-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| ·Findings of the Study | 第48-49页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第49页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for the Further Study | 第49-51页 |
| Works Cited | 第51-54页 |
| Publications | 第54页 |
