《老友记》中违反礼貌原则产生的幽默话语分析——以第二季为例

Humorous Discourse Analysis of the Violation of Politeness Principle in Friends—Taking the Second Season as an Example

礼貌在人们日常生活的言语交际过程中是十分重要的。英国著名学者Leech首次提出了礼貌原则,他认为礼貌原则是人在交往过程中需要遵循的重要原则之一。《老友记》是一部十分经典的情景喜剧,言语措辞的幽默是其获得巨大成功的主要原因,本文主要通过对《老友记》第二季中违反礼貌原则而产生的幽默言语进行语用分析,探索言语幽默的形成,旨在让我们更能够了解生活中语言的使用以及语言是如何给生活增添乐趣的。

Politeness is very important in the process of speech communication in people’s daily life. The principle of politeness was firstly put forward by Leech, a famous British scholar, who believed that it is one of the vital principles that people need to follow in the process of interaction. Friends is a very classic sitcom. The humor of the wording in this show is the main reason for its great success. This article aims to explore the formation of speech humor through a pragmatic analysis of the humorous language used in the second season of Friends that violates the principle of politeness, with the aim of making us more aware of how language is used in life and how it brings fun to life.