| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-11页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第14-18页 |
| 3 Relevance Theory | 第18-28页 |
| ·The formation and development of relevance theory | 第18-21页 |
| ·The Grice's theory and relevance theory | 第18-20页 |
| ·The formation and development of relevance theory | 第20-21页 |
| ·The main points of relevance theory | 第21-26页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential communication | 第21-23页 |
| ·The principle of relevance | 第23-25页 |
| ·The difference between Grice's theory and relevance theory | 第25-26页 |
| ·Applications of relevance theory | 第26-28页 |
| 4 Traditional Accounts of Relevance Theory | 第28-34页 |
| ·Grice's account of irony | 第28-29页 |
| ·Problems with Grice's account of irony | 第29-34页 |
| 5 Irony within the Framework of Relevance Theory | 第34-57页 |
| ·The nature of irony within the framework of relevance theory | 第34-42页 |
| ·Irony as interpretive use | 第34-38页 |
| ·Irony as echoic use | 第38-40页 |
| ·Irony as dissociative echoic use | 第40-42页 |
| ·The recognition of irony from the perspective of relevance theory | 第42-46页 |
| ·The interpretation of irony from the perspective of relevance theory | 第46-57页 |
| ·Informative intention and communication | 第47-51页 |
| ·Relevance | 第51-53页 |
| ·The interpretation of irony under the guidance of relevance theory | 第53-57页 |
| 6 Strengths and Weaknesses of relevance-theoretical approach to irony | 第57-61页 |
| ·The strengths of relevance-theoretical approach to irony | 第57-59页 |
| ·The weaknesses of relevance-theoretical approach to irony | 第59-61页 |
| 7 Conclusion | 第61-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-66页 |
