认知假设·动态语境·幽默效果

Cognitive Assumptions,Dynamic Context & Humor Effects

关联理论的动态语境观认为,语境是由一系列认知假设构成的,语境的改变会使同一话语产生不同的含义。这一观点给笑话的幽默效果的产生提供了理论依据:笑话利用特殊的话语信息的输入方式来改变听话者的语境,使话语具有特定的含义进而实现幽默效果。

The concept ofdynamic context in relevance theory says that context is formed by a series of cogni- tive assumptions, and the change of context may result in different interpretations of one utterance. This principle provides a theoretic framework to interpret the production of humor effects in joke. Joke employs certain ways of utterance input to change the context of hearers, and thus makes utterances have certain interpretations in order to realize the humor effects.