| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 1 A General Description of Irony | 第16-29页 |
| ·Basic Concepts of Irony | 第16-17页 |
| ·Terms of Irony | 第17-18页 |
| ·Sorts of Irony | 第18-19页 |
| ·Philosophical Basis of Irony | 第19-22页 |
| ·Previous Accounts of Irony | 第22-29页 |
| ·Semantic and Logical Definition of Irony | 第23-24页 |
| ·Grice’s Pragmatic Explanation of Irony | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Echoic Mention Theory of Irony | 第25-27页 |
| ·Pretense Theory of Irony | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 2 Classifications and Pragmatic Characteristics of Situational Irony | 第29-47页 |
| ·Notions of Situational Irony | 第29-30页 |
| ·Literature Review of Situational Irony | 第30-33页 |
| ·Types of Situational Irony | 第33-45页 |
| ·Littman and Mey’s Classification | 第33-35页 |
| ·Lucariello’s Sorting | 第35-38页 |
| ·Cameron Shelley’s Taxonomy | 第38-45页 |
| ·Pragmatic Characteristics of Situational Irony | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 3 The Comparison between Situational Irony and Verbal Irony | 第47-59页 |
| ·Contextual Factor in Understanding Verbal Irony and Situational Irony | 第48-53页 |
| ·The Utterer and Interpreter’s Mental World in Verbal Irony and Situational Irony | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Utterer and Interpreter’s Social World in Verbal and Situational Irony | 第51-53页 |
| ·Pragmatic Effects of Verbal Irony and Situational Irony | 第53-54页 |
| ·Coexistence of Verbal Irony and Situational Irony | 第54-56页 |
| ·Recognition Mechanism of Verbal and Situational Irony | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter 4 Bi-coherence Theory and Conceptual Integration Theory as the Theoretical Framework of the Study on Situational Irony | 第59-80页 |
| ·Bi-coherence Theory as the Theoretical Basis on Explaining Situational Irony | 第59-68页 |
| ·Brief Account of Bi-coherence Theory | 第59-63页 |
| ·An Analysis of Situational Irony from the Perspective of Bi-coherence Theory | 第63-68页 |
| ·Application of Conceptual Integration Theory in Analyzing Situational Irony | 第68-73页 |
| ·Basic Content of Conceptual Integration Theory | 第68-72页 |
| ·An Analysis of Situational Irony from the Perspective of Conceptual Integration Theory | 第72-73页 |
| ·Evaluation of Bi-coherence Theory and Conceptual Integration Theory | 第73-75页 |
| ·Bi-coherence Integration Model of Situational Irony | 第75-80页 |
| Conclusion | 第80-83页 |
| Bibliography | 第83-87页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第87-88页 |
| Appendix (攻读学位期间主要研究成果目录) | 第88页 |
