国内幽默语言学研究述评

A Review of Linguistic Study of Humor in China

我国传统幽默理论对幽默的社会功能较为看重,而对幽默产生的机理缺乏系统的阐述和深入的理论探讨。从语言学角度所作的探讨和研究则应该肇始于20世纪80年代,90年代前后的幽默研究主要分别集中于修辞学研究方面。随着国外语用研究和认知语言学研究的持续升温和深入,幽默的语言学研究开始出现。与国外的研究相比,国内的幽默语言学研究还非常薄弱,就其总体而言,无论研究的广度和深度都与西方的幽默研究存在着较大的差距。

The study of humor in China used to focus on its social functions and scarcely probe into its theory of working mechanism.The linguistic study of humor dates back to 1980s,followed by 1990s＇ rhetoric research.With the development in the field of pragmatics and cognitive linguistics abroad,there occurred related research on humor at home.However,the linguistic study of humor has fallen far behind in contrast with that in the west.