摘要
幽默是我们日常生活中一种常见的言语交际形式,而各种辞格如比喻、夸张、双关、反语、飞白等等则是实现幽默效果的手段。本文认为,言语幽默不仅具有释放压力、维护面子等功能,同时还承载着评价意义,是很重要的评价手段。本文即是在评价理论的框架中对幽默的评价功能进行尝试性的研究,结果表明:言语幽默可以用来表达态度,模糊态度的来源,还可以调整态度的强度,含蓄地达到强烈的评价效果,具有很强的评价功能。
Verbal humor is a very common way of communication in our daily life,while various figures are humorous devices through which humorous effect is brought out.This study argues that verbal humor can be employed not only to relieve the stress and save the face of participants,but also to carry the appraisal meaning as a very important appraisal device.This paper is a tentative study of the appraisal function of verbal humor within the appraisal framework.The study proves that verbal humor has a strong appraisal function,being capable of expressing attitude,hedging the source and adjusting the volume of attitude.
出处
《外语艺术教育研究》
2008年第3期3-7,共5页
Educational Research on Foreign Languages and Arts
关键词
言语幽默
评价理论
幽默手段
评价功能
verbal humor
appraisal theory
humorous devices
appraisal function
