The second chapter mainly presents a literature review on the researches of oxymoron,and explains the two ways of classification and its rhetoric and pragmatic effects.

• 文章第二章主要是对国内外在矛盾修辞方面的研究成果做一个简短的回顾,说明了传统研究中矛盾修辞的两种分类方法,以及其语用功能和修辞效果。