英语智力谜语幽默的语言学探析

A linguistic analysis on the humor of English conundrum

英语智力谜语利用语言自身特点形成文字幽默。从谜语的形态结构、语音语义和语用特征视角,对智力谜语的构建进行语言学分析,探讨语言变体的艺术效果,有助于文化的习得和对幽默的理解和欣赏。

English conundrum is a sort of verbal humor composed from the linguistic features of English. A linguistic analysis of the conundrum from such perspectives as morphological, phonological, semantic and pragmatic features to probe into the artistic variety of English is quite beneficial to the acquisition of the English language and culture, as well as to the understanding and appreciation of the humorous effect in riddles.