“正话反说”与“反话正说”——兼议反语分类

Positive statement,negative use and negative statement,positive use——On the classification of irony

修辞格中的反语分类“正话反说”与“反话正说”,其理论上的定义跟人们言语中的理解存在着差异。“正话”既可以着眼于字面,又可以着眼于字里。“反话”亦然。故把“正话反说”和“反话正说”对应于“褒词贬用”和“贬词褒用”,或者以“正话反说”兼指“反话正说”等,从整体看都有失之偏颇之处。

Concerning the classification of enantiosis in rhetoric, the theoretical definitions of ＂litotes＂ and ＂ irony＂ are somewhat different from the people＇s perception, The positive statement can refer to either expression itself or its connotation, and it is the same to negative statement. Therefore, to understand ＂litotes＂ as ＂using negative words to express positive meaning＂, and ＂irony＂ as ＂using positive words to express negative meaning＂, or to equal the functions of these two concepts, are inappropriate from a holistie perspective,