英语中的矛盾修饰法

A Study of Oxymoron in English

在矛盾修饰法中,存在着反义关系和准反义关系。矛盾修饰法的主要结构形式有形容词+名词、副词+形容词、名词或形容词+介词短语。矛盾修饰法是利用词语的反义或准反义关系,达到揭示事物对立统一的辩证关系或更深刻地刻画人物的内心活动或使文章、语句更加幽默风趣的目的。

Oxymoron falls semantically into anotonymy and quasi-anotnymy type, and grammatically mainly into 'adjectivet noun,' 'adverb+adjective' and 'noun or adjective+prepositional phrase' structure. By making use of anotonymy or quasi-anotonymy, oxymoron achieves a deep reveal of the unity of opposities of the addressed object, vivid description of the conflicting thoughts in the inner world and a humorous writing style.