英语幽默的现代语言学阐释

On the Interpretation of English Humor from Linguistics

幽默是指一种含蓄而充满机智、讽刺与诙谐的辞令,揭露生活中乖讹和不通情理之处。在日常会话中,当说话人的语义层面和听话人的语义层面相交叉时,易形成幽默。语篇衔接、会话原则和言语行为的不合理运用,都会造成对话语的不同理解,产生歧义,构成了幽默的基础。

Humor is a kind of language which is full of understatement and wisdom, sarcasm and jocularity, revealing the unreasonable in life. In everyday English, when the semantic meaning of the speaker crosses with that of the hearer, humor is formed. The inappropriate use of text cohesion, conversational principles and speech acts could result in different understanding of the conversation and form the base of humor.