十八世紀的英國著名小說家珍‧奧斯汀畢生出版了六部作品，不僅角色個性鮮明，對話也機敏有趣，因此人氣至今不墮。本研究旨在應用多模組方法分析珍‧奧斯汀名著《傲慢與偏見》中的 “my dear”並探討其功能。研究使用Wordsmith 5.0 進行量化分析，再用 Excel 計算 “my dear” 之使用頻率。分析重點有四：1. 研究者根據Brown and Levinson(1987)之禮貌策略自行分類“my dear”之結果。 2. 《傲慢與偏見》中角色使用 “my dear” 之頻率比較。3. 身為浪漫愛情小說的男主角，達西先生卻完全沒說過 “my dear” 的原因。4. 擷取自BBC 影集之分析。此外，還提出含有珍‧奧斯汀所有六篇小說之 “my dear” 整體觀察。分析結果顯示，小說角色的個性與人際關係皆反映在 “my dear” 的使用頻率上，如不分是非的母親、溝通不順暢的夫婦，以及沉默卻仍富有魅力的男主角。更有甚者，濫用 “my dear” 無法保證良好人際關係，作者珍‧奧斯汀也很有可能刻意藉由高頻率的“my dear” 挑戰舊有的性別刻板印象。

The British novelist, Jane Austen, demonstrated her superb skills in shaping multiple characters and interesting conversations in her widely read masterpieces. This thesis aims to apply corpus-based and multi-model approaches to explore how Jane Austen used “my dear” in her famous novel Pride and Prejudice. Each “my dear” is extracted with Wordsmith 5.0 and its frequency of use is calculated using Microsoft Excel 2010. Four focal analyses are presented: (1) the result with three categorizations; (2) the frequency of the use of “my dear” in Pride and Prejudice; (3) the reasons why Mr. Darcy never uses “my dear;” and (4) evidence from the TV series video clips. The analyses and two more observations illustrate the personality of the main characters and the interpersonal relationships, including a mother who fails to distinguish right from wrong, a distant husband and wife, and a reticent but honest hero. The result also reveals that overusing “my dear” does not guarantee intimacy. Additionally, it is found that Jane Austen may deliberately use “my dear” as a way of challenging the gender stereotype.

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