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1、AnAnalysisofChineseXiehouyu(歇后语,XHY)AbstractAsiswidelyacknowledged,ChineseXiehouyu(for歇后语,hereinafterabbreviatedtoXHY)isafruitofwisdomgrownbyChinesebroadmassesandaninvaluableassettwinklingintheChineseculturaltreasury.Tostartwith,we’dliketotalkaboutXHY’snotablef
2、unctions,bothsemanticallyandpragmatically,which,toaconsiderabledegree,leadstoourchoiceofXHYasthethesis’ssubject.Ontheonehand,XHYisconsideredvaluableintermsofitssemanticfunction.AccordingtotheChinese-EnglishDictionary(1996),“XHYisatwo-partallegoricalsaying,ofwhi
3、ch,thefirstpart,alwaysstated,isdescriptive,whilethesecondpart,sometimesunstated,carriesthemessage”.SurroundingXHY’semanticfunction,scholarshavecarriedouttheirstudiesmainlyfromtheperspectiveofrhetoricfunctionandsyntacticfunction(WeDuanzheng,1980,P.102—120;WenDua
4、nzheng,ZhouJian,2000,P.150-151).We’llstatethispartconcretelyinthefollowingarticle(chapter3)and,toavoidtheneedlessduplication,wejustwanttogivearoughintroductionhere.Brieflyspeaking,XHY,withitssubtlerhetoricanduniquesyntacticpattern,performsagreatsemanticfunction
5、inthelinguisticworld.Ontheotherhand,appliedwidelyinpeople’sdailylife,XHYalsoexertsapragmaticallycommunicativefunction.Accordingtosomeresearcherswhohasdevotedtothisfield(Halliday,1994;HeZiran,2000;RanYongping,ZhangXinhong,2007),XHY’spragmaticfunctionisgenerallyr
6、eflecteduponsuchfouraspects.First,XHYcanelicitahumorouseffectduringconversations,which,creatingakindofrelaxingandjocularatmosphere,helpsspeakersexpresstheirmeaningsandachievetheirgoalsmoreeffectively.Hereisanexample:“石老根说:‘我这是刚进庙的和尚念经——现学现唱,其他的字就不认识了。’(《玉龙的眼睛》,
7、第73页)”.(ShiLaogensays:“I'manewly-arrivedmonktochantscriptures——singingassoonaslearning,buttherestisoutofmyability.”(TheEyesofYuLong,P.73))Bycomparinghimselftoanewly-arrivedmonkwhojustlearnedtochantscriptures,ShiLaogenvividlycarveshisawkwardnessandmakeshisdiffic
8、ultyunderstoodbyothers.Second,XHYcanbeusedtobreakiceandbridgethegapbetweenspeakersandhearers,especiallystrangers,andcontributetoaharmoniouspersonalrelationship.Forinstance,“