资源描述:
《A Pragmatic Analysis of English Humor 英语幽默的语用分析》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、英语幽默的语用分析APragmaticAnalysisofEnglishHumorAbstractHumor,specifictohumanbeings,istheseasoningofourdailylifeandanindispensablepartofhumanspeech.Itnotonlyplaysanimportantroleintheimprovementoftheinterpersonalrelationshipsinsocialactivitiesofmanykinds,butalsobecomesthesymbolofper
2、sonalwit,glamourandeducation.Foralongtime,humorhasattractedtheattentionandinterestofscholarsinmanyfields.Theresearchescanrangefromtraditionalfieldssuchaspsychology,physiologyandphilosophytobroaderonessuchasanthropology,pedagogy,aesthetics,sociology,etc.Withtherapiddevelopmen
3、toflinguistics,pragmaticsprovidesanewperspectiveforhumorstudies.However,theresearchesmadeonthehumorouslanguagefromapragmaticpointofviewarecomparativelylimitedinsum.Besides,themajorityofthemjustapplyoneofpragmatictheoriestothehumorstudies,forexample,cooperativeprinciple.Based
4、onthesevenmain-streampragmatictheories,thisthesismakesacomparativelyall-roundresearchontheverbalhumorsoccurringinEnglishconversations.ThroughtheanalysisoflotsofexamplesofEnglishhumorwithintheframeworkofpragmatictheoriesformedbycooperativeprinciple,politenessprinciple,facethe
5、ory,relevancetheory,deixis,presuppositionandspeechacttheories,thisthesisismuchdevotedtotheexplorationofthepragmaticapparatusesforhumorproductionandinterpretation.ItisfoundthathumorouseffectsmightbeproducedwhenCPorPPmaximsareviolated,whenthespeaker’sorhearer’sfaceshouldbeprot
6、ected,whentheruleofdeicticegocentricityisviolatedanddeicticprojectionemerges,whenthepresuppositioniscancelled,orwhenspeechactismisunderstood.Relevancetheory,ontheotherhand,providesausefulapparatusfortheinterpretationofsomeEnglishhumors.iiiVerbalhumorcanservepeople’spsycholog
7、ical,emotional,socialandcommunicativeneeds.Agoodunderstandingofthemeaningandworkingmechanismofhumorswillcontributetotheeffectiveforeignlanguageteaching.Inaddition,ithelpsalotinthesocialandinterpersonalcommunication.Keywords:Englishhumor,pragmaticapparatuses,functions,applica
8、tioniii摘要幽默是人类日常生活的调味品,也是人类言语必不可少的一部分。它不仅在多种社会交往中起着改善人际关系的作用,而且已成为个人智慧,魅力和教