相反相成话修辞——浅谈英语中的反语、反论与矛盾修饰法

Opposite and Complementary Figures of Speech——on Irony,Paradox and Oxymoron

反语、反论、矛盾修饰法三种修辞格看似矛盾对立,实则和谐统一。从语言结构、语用效果等方面逐一分析,并结合大量例证,可以帮助广大英语学习者对这三种易混淆修辞格的用法异同有进一步认识。

By analyzing three seemingly contradictory while actually harmonious figures of speech, irony, paradox and oxymoron, in terms of their structure and usage, coupled with a series of examples, the paper aims at making English learners have good command of the similarities and differences of these confusing figures of speech.