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Pragmatic Analysis of Irony: An Adaptation Approach

Author: GeLiPing
Tutor: LiYueE
School: Shanxi University
Course: Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Keywords: Irony Function insurance Looking Adaptation Theory
CLC: H05
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2004
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Abstract


Daily verbal communication and written style, often consciously or unconsciously use irony. The irony was originally started in the field of literary rhetoric later philosophy, psychology, linguistics this phenomenon has been studied under and come to a different conclusion. Looking and for Treviso Thelen language that compared to the other methods are more or less a lack of general applicability. Pragmatic Perspective said that pragmatics as a function of language overview than a Division Pragmatic school as a linguistics to study more science and improve. The Adaptation Theory is pragmatic overview of the core content of said, it clarifies the process of view: the use of language in the process is to choose the language. Language users have been able to make all the appropriate choice in the process of using the language, because language variability, negotiability and adaptability, according to the pragmatic Looking says and Adaptation Theory from the following four aspects describe and explain language use that context relations conform to the language structure conform, conform and adapt to the dynamic concept of level of consciousness. Use language to express the significance of the process is a dynamic process, a process that people adapt to the different levels of consciousness affect change in the relationship between context and language structure. In this paper, a study in accordance with the framework of this theory of irony. The authors attempt to answer four questions. The first is \the reason or reasons for language external. The irony that people consciously or unconsciously selected language, communicative reason to use irony in order to conform to, in order to achieve or near a specific communicative purpose. The second question is, \On this basis, the author summarizes the pragmatic functions of the social and psychological aspects of irony in the conform process. The third problem is that \The last question is around this study conform to the media is \The irony communication, personal and social psychological process will have a different level of consciousness of the irony. Adaptation Theory from the perspective of the cognitive, social and cultural functions of language behavior analysis, which also helps to explain the irony why this linguistic phenomenon is frequently used in everyday life.

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