English Verbal Humour- A Pragmatic Analysis 英语毕业论文

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1、EnglishVerbalHumour:APragmaticAnalysisAbstractAsalanguagephenomenon,humorispervasiveinliterature,inthemovies,ontelevisions,inourlife,etc.HumorplaysanimportantroleinChineseandAmericanculture.Indailycommunication,humorameliorateshumanrelations,improvesthecommunicativeatmosphere,butalsoisendowedwit

2、hthesymbolofpersonalwit,glamourandeducation.Therefore,moreandmorescholarsinallkindsofthefieldsarepayingagooddealofattentiontoitsnature.Thispaperaimsatanalyzingonemaincategoryofverbalhumorfromapragmaticperspective,hopingtofindsomepragmaticguidelinesthatdirecthumorproductionandunderstanding.Theres

3、earchmethodistoapplysomeofthemajorpragmatictheories,namely,AustinandSearle’sSpeechActTheory,SperberandWilson’sRelevanceTheoryandLeechandLevinson’sPolitenessPrincipletotheanalysisofwhatfactorshaveaninfluenceontheunderstandingofverbalhumor.Keywords:verbalhumor；pragmatics；SpeechActTheory；RelevanceT

4、heory；PolitenessPrinciple内容摘要幽默，作为一种语言现象在文学、影视、广告和日常交际中频频出现，给人以轻松、诙谐之感，不仅活跃气氛、缓和矛盾，而且提高人们的精神境界，因此越来越多的语言学、心理学、社会学、交际学及其他学科的学者，开始对幽默进行广泛的关注。本文试图从语用学领域的重要理论，奥斯汀和舍尔的言语行为理论、斯珀伯和威尔逊的关联理论、利奇和列文森的礼貌原则出发分析言语幽默产生和理解的制约因素。关键词：言语幽默；语用学；言语行为理论；关联理论；礼貌原则iContentsAbstract(English)…………………………………………………………………....

5、....iAbstract(Chinese)…………………………………………......………………….......ii1.Introduction………………………………………….……………………….......12.DefinitionsofHumor………………………………………………………….....13.TypesofEnglishVerbalHumour……………………………………………......24.ThePragmaticAnalysisofEnglishVerbalHumour………………………….....44.1ConversationalImplicaturei

6、nEnglishVerbalHumour………………......44.2PolitenessPrincipleinEnglishVerbalHumour………………………......54.2.1AReviewofPolitenessPrinciple………………………………....54.2.2SampleAnalysesofHumorUsingPolitenessPrinciple………......64.3RelevanceTheoryinEnglishVerbalHumour………………………….....74.3.1AReviewofRelevanceTheory(RT)………………

7、…………......74.3.2SampleAnalysesofHumorwithRelevanceTheory……………....94.4SpeechActsinEnglishVerbalHumour………………………………......104.4.1AReviewofSpeechActTheoryofHumor……………………......104.4.2SampleAnalysesofHumorWithinSpeechActs………………....