本书分七章。第一章是前言，解释了反语的基本特点和特征以及本研究的目的、理论依据、数据收集、研究方法，以及研究范围等来讲明研究的必要性和可行性。第二章文献综述对国内外相关研究进行了回顾，为本研究提供了历史和学术背景。第三章提出了一组假设并建立了“基于心理模型的语用推理模型”的理论框架。第四章在讨论相关研究对反语的定义和分类的基础上，给出了本研究对反语的工作定义和分类。第五章详细地描述了反语作为一种认知一语用现象。在第六章中，基于心理模型的语用推理模型的理论框架被应用于汉语反语的理解和生成的分析，形成“基于心理模型的反语工作机制”。第七章结束全书并阐明了研究发现，研究的优缺点以及今后进一步研究的问题等。

本书是一本关于反语的认知语用研究的专著，作者在系统地回顾了国内外相关研究后，意图建立一个描述反语使用认知过程的语用—认知模型，即“基于心理模型的反语工作机制”，并重点介绍了该模型中相邻关系的关键性作用。全书共有7章，内容丰富，可供理论研究及教学、翻译实践等参考使用。

概述

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Chapter 1 Introduction

 1.1 Preliminary remarks

 1.2 The commitment of the study

 1.3 The story of irony

1.3.1 Origin

1.3.2 Irony in Chinese context

1.3.3 Classification

1.3.4 Uses and functions

1.3.5 Summary of the section

 1.4 Scope of the study

 1.5 Methodological issues

1.5.1 Lead-in remarks

1.5.2 Research phases

 1.6 Data

 1.7 Structure of the dissertation

 1.8 Summary

Chapter 2 Literature Review

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 Historical survey

2.2.1 Greek

2.2.2 Latins

2.2.3 Mediaeval and Renaissance

2.2.4 Early modern times

2.2.5 Modern times

2.2.6 Brief summary

 2.3 Theoretical survey abroad

2.3.1 Initial remarks

2.3.2 Non - cognitive - pragmatic studies

2.3.3 Cognitive - pragmatic studies

2.3.4 Summary

 2.4 Research in Chinese context

2.4.1 Preliminaries

2.4.2 Chronological survey

 2.5 Remaining crucial problem

 2.6 Summary

Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework

 3.1 Preliminaries

 3.2 Methodological constraints

 3.3 Theoretical background of the present study

3.3.1 Main assumptions of cognitive linguistics

3.3.2 A brief survey of cognitive pragmatics

3.3.3 Theories of human cognitive abilities

 3.4 Towards a unified theoretical framework

3.4.1 MM- based pragmatic reasoning

3.4.2 Explicit expression - implicit expression inference

3.4.3 Autonomy - dependence alignment

 3.5 Summary

Chapter 4 Issues of Definition and Taxonomy Revisited

 4.1 Introduction

 4.2 Definitions of irony revisited

4.2.1 Initial remarks

4.2.2 Classical identification

4.2.3 Modifications

4.2.4 Definitions in Chinese context

 4.3 Three claims reconsidered

 4.4 Working definition of fan yu

 4.5 Classification revisited

 4.6 Taxonomy of verbal irony

4.6.1 Positive attitude irony

4.6.2 Negative attitude irony

 4.7 Summary

Chapter 5 Irony as a cognitive-pragmatic phenomenon

 5.1 Introduction

 5.2 Chinese irony and its pragmatic features

5.2.1 Speaker's intention

5.2.2 Caneellability

5.2.3 Pragmatic vagueness

5.2.4 Contextua\\ constraints

5.2.5 Indirect communicative act

 5.3 Chinese irony and its pragmatic functions

5.3.1 Sarcasm

5.3.2 Politeness

5.3.3 Intimacy

5.3.4 Humor

5.3.5 Praise

 5.4 Irony seen from the cognitive perspective

5.4.1 The cognitive traits of irony

5.4.2 Proximity cognition underlying irony

 5.5 Irony: cognitive - pragmatic interface

 5.6 Summary

Chapter 6 Mechanism of the Use of irony Redescribed

 6.1 Introduction

 6.2 Further description of the underlying mechanism

 6.3 Interpretation of irony

6.3.1 Process of interpretation of irony

6.3.2 Analyses of examples

 6.4 Production of irony

6.4.1 Process of production of irony

6.4.2 Analyses of some examples

 6.5 Summary

Chapter 7 Conclusion

 7.1 Introduction

 7.2 Findings and conclusions

 7.3 Implications

 7.4 Limitations of our work

 7.5 Suggestions for further study

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Referred

Bibliography

Index

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