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1、TheInterpretationoftheIronyinPrideandPrejudicefromthePerspectiveofSpeechActTheory Abstract:TheemploymentofironymakesPrideandPrejudicebecomeoneofthemostsignificantnovelsintheworld.ThepapertriestomakeaapplicationofspeechacttheorytotheanalysisofironyinPrideandPrejudice. Keywords:s
2、peechacttheory;irony中圖分類號:G648文獻標識碼:B文章編號:1672-1578(2014)16-0012-011.Introduction AustinisoneoffamousBritishrealisticcritic.PrideandPrejudiceishermasterpiece.Herworksdisplaysuchshrewdwit,delicateirony,andaccomplishedcharacterizationsthatJaneAustennowranksasamasteroftheEnglishnov
3、elandcontributesalottoliteraryworld.Toanalyzeliteraryworksbywayoflinguisticsisseldom.Inthispaper,thenovelisanalysedintermsofspeechacttheory. 2.IronyandSpeechActTheory Thetermironyisderivedfromthegreekiron.Itmeansthattheappearanceofthingsdiffersfromtheirreality,whetherintermsofm
4、eaning,situation,oraction.Itisironicalwhenthereisadifferencebetweenwhatisspokenandwhatismeant.Ironyis5themostimportantsymbolinJaneAusten'snovels. SpeechacttheoryisthecoretheoryinPragmatics.Itstheoryisappliedtotheinterpretationofwordsandtheanalysisoftherelationshipbetweenrhetoric
5、andhumanspeech-act.Assertives,directives,commissives,cxpressives,declarativesarespeechactsinillucutionaryact.Here,wejustfocusouranalysisontheIllocutionaryAct:anactwhichistoshowthespeaker'sintention. 3.AnalysisofIllocutionaryActsandIronyinPrideandPrejudice 3.1Analysisofassertive
6、irony.Assertivesarethekindofspeechactsthatcommitthespeakertothetruthoftheexpressedpropositions,suchasthestatementsoffacts,assertions,descriptions,andconclusions.Theverbsused,suchasassert,state,claim,affirm,deny,inform,notify,remindetc. InthefirstchapteMr.Bennrtsaidtohiswife: "I
7、seenooccasionforthat.…Mr.Bingleymaylikeyouthebestoftheparty." ActuallyMr.Bennetintendstokillhiswife'sideaaboutvisitingtheirneighbourandtosomeextentmakefunofhiswife.Therefore,thisisMr.Bennet'sassertionofironyobjectingtohiswife'sidea.TheimpliedmeaningisthatMr,Bennetdoesnotwanttovi
8、sithisneighbourandmarryoneofhisdaughters