4.3　Irony and Perlocutionary Effect

The employment of abundant ironic speech acts in this fiction has engendered a rich reservoir of pragmatic implications，and brought diverse personalities to life，shaping gradually Austen's unique style full of irony，witticism and humor.In consequence，the readers have begun to see，step by step，the insight：Wasn't the inheritage law based on feudal order that caused so many conflicts and contradictions？Humiliated and perplexed，the Dashwoods might find explanations in nothing but the bourgeois moral and matrimonial standards.It was totally because of the severe class gaps that several couples oflovers confronted with setbacks and inflictions now and then.In this fiction，personalities of more than one person were deformed into ridiculousness.Wasn't this the result of the cruel world full of competition？In the laughter of the readers，we may feel clearly their mocking at all these abnormalities and ridiculousness，their deeper understanding of human's faults and their full appreciation of radiant wisdom.Through various conflicts and misunderstanding in people's conversations，the readers find more opportunities to tap the implied meanings，thus obtaining true reading interests and enjoyment.In this process，the spiritual communication and cooperation between the readers and the writer of the novels are also achieved.

The following part will be contributed to the study of the famous irony in Sense and Sensibility from the macro perspective and micro perspective，based on Searle's classification ofillocutionary speech acts.