Based on Grice's cooperation principle(CP),this essay attempts to explore the conversational implicature(CI) of English nonce words in comic humor with many examples from famous U.S sitcom Friends.From this new pe...Based on Grice's cooperation principle(CP),this essay attempts to explore the conversational implicature(CI) of English nonce words in comic humor with many examples from famous U.S sitcom Friends.From this new perspective,the paper proposes that the conversational implicatue in comic humor rcannot only be traditionally involved on sentence level,but also in new-coined words or phrases,so the reflection of the speaker's particular communicative needs can be exactly conveyed.展开更多
Santomean pig farmer Simao Vicente was hopeful when he came to ask Zou Rui for help. His pig was suffering from hernia, and Zou, a 42-year-old Chinese agricultural expert working in Sao Tomé and Príncipe, wa...Santomean pig farmer Simao Vicente was hopeful when he came to ask Zou Rui for help. His pig was suffering from hernia, and Zou, a 42-year-old Chinese agricultural expert working in Sao Tomé and Príncipe, was the only person on the island who could provide emergency surgery.展开更多
文摘Based on Grice's cooperation principle(CP),this essay attempts to explore the conversational implicature(CI) of English nonce words in comic humor with many examples from famous U.S sitcom Friends.From this new perspective,the paper proposes that the conversational implicatue in comic humor rcannot only be traditionally involved on sentence level,but also in new-coined words or phrases,so the reflection of the speaker's particular communicative needs can be exactly conveyed.
文摘Santomean pig farmer Simao Vicente was hopeful when he came to ask Zou Rui for help. His pig was suffering from hernia, and Zou, a 42-year-old Chinese agricultural expert working in Sao Tomé and Príncipe, was the only person on the island who could provide emergency surgery.
