关联理论视角下英语笑话言语幽默的解读

The Interpretation of Verbal Humor in English Jokes from the Perspective of the Relevance Theory

作为言语幽默的一种常见的表现形式,英语笑话在人们的日常生活中扮演着重要的角色。运用关联理论的知识去解读英语笑话中的言语幽默。通过解读,旨在揭示英语笑话的致笑机制,从而进一步证实关联理论能够科学地解读英语笑话中的言语幽默。除此之外,英语笑话言语幽默的解读不仅有助于人们更好地感知和欣赏英语笑话,也有助于英语笑话作家设计出致笑技巧性更强的英语笑话。

As a form of verbal humor, English jokes play an important role in our daily life. This paper will interpret the verbal humor in English jokes from the perspective of the Relevance Theory. Through the interpretation, this paper aims to reveal the generated mechanism of verbal humor in English jokes and to further prove that the Relevance Theory can interpret verbal humor in English jokes scientifically. In addition, the interpretation of verbal humor in English jokes will not only be helpful to perceive and appreciate English jokes in a better way for people, but also be helpful to design more humorous English jokes for writers.