The Use of Slang in American Humour 英语专业毕业论文

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1、TheUseofSlanginAmericanHumour摘要在当前全球性文化下，美国文化对于我们的影响是不言而喻的。美式幽默以其独特的形式占领文化市场，最主要的反映就是美剧。一部《老友记》使我们接触到了美式幽默，主要特点就是运用俚语将美国文化诠释得淋漓尽致。通过研究幽默的表达，反应出的是美国社会宗教，性爱和种族的问题发展。关键词：美式幽默;美剧；俚语；美国文化；社会问题AbstractUndertheglobalculturecircumstances,Americanculturehasanimportantinfluenceonus.Americanhumourcaptur

2、etheculturemarketwithauniqueform.AmericanTVseriesmainlyreflectAmericanhumour,suchasFriends.FriendsisatypicalexamplewhichappliesSlanginAmericanhumour.SlangisakindoflanguageusedbycommonpeopleinAmericansociety.BystudyingthestateofAmericanhumour,wecanseemanyAmericansocialproblems,suchasreligious,

3、sexualandracialproblems.KeyWords:Americanhumour;AmericanTVseries;Americanculture;Slang;SocialproblemsChapterⅠIntroductionThetitleofthisessayisfromthestudyofAmericanculture,whichfocusonAmericanhumour.Asweallknow,AmericanpeopledothingsinamannerdifferentfromweChinese.Maybe,wespeakasimplejokewhil

4、eAmericanpeopledonotunderstandus.Themainreasonisthatweareindifferentculturalcircumstances.SowechoosethistopictoexpressAmericanculturedeeply.Withsomanystudies,wecanmakeathoroughinquirywithAmericansociety.Whatismore,TVseriesisaformunderstoodbythemasses.Basedonthistheory,wecanunderstandmanyAmeri

5、cansocialproblemsandAmericanculture.ManyscholarsdowritearticlestoexpresstherelationsbetweenAmericanhumourandslang.Slangisaratherspecialparole.Itisneitherthewordthatbeyondtheregularroleofgrammaticalusage,norruraldialect.Althoughitisquitedifferentfromacrolectwhichusedontheformaloccasion,peopleq

6、uiteliketouseitindailyspeech.Asamatteroffact,themeaningofmostslangissimilartothewordsofcolloquialstyle.Someconsideronewordisslang,whileothersmightnotthinkso.TheNewOxfordDictionaryofEnglishdefinestheslang“atypeoflanguagethatconsistsofwordsandphrasesthatregardedasveryinformal,ismorecommoninspee

7、chthaninwriting,andistypicallyrestrictedtoaparticularcontextoragroupofpeople”.LongmanActiveStudyEnglish-ChineseDictionarydefinestheslang“veryinformalwordsandexpressionsoftenusedonlybyaparticularsocialgroup”.ChapterIILiteratureReviewSlangisthe