基于Heylighen选择标准的双关模因属性研究（英文）

A Study on the Memetic Properties of Pun Based on Heylighen's Selection Criteria

双关巧妙利用一词多义或同音异义的现象使一个词语或句子传达双重意义,从而产生声音、形式和意义上的美感。模因论是以新达尔文主义为理论依据解释文化进化规律的一种新理论。本文基于Heylighen模因选择标准,提出了双关特有的模因属性,正是这些属性使得双关模因成功的被复制、传播,从而在激烈的语言竞争中得以幸存。

Pun is created when people make skillful use of homophonic or homographic word to give a word or a phrase double meanings in a given context, thus producing aesthetic sense in sound, form or meaning. Memetics is a new theory of interpreting cultural evolution. Based on the memetic selection criteria proposed by Heylighen, this paper identifies some memetic properties of pun which guarantee its successful imitation and transmission in language use, thereby surviving in the fierce linguistic competi- tion.