Verbal humor carries rich cultural connotation and reflects the wisdom,communicative skills of the humor maker.There are many researches on verbal humor both at home and abroad,especially in the fields of sitcoms and ...Verbal humor carries rich cultural connotation and reflects the wisdom,communicative skills of the humor maker.There are many researches on verbal humor both at home and abroad,especially in the fields of sitcoms and literature from the perspective of pragmatics and cognitive linguistics.However,the researches on the humorous corpus of public speech are limited.This paper intendsto use qualitative research methods to explore the mechanism of verbal humor generation under the theoretical framework of cooperative principle and relevance theory.Through the analysis in the paper,it points out that verbal humor can be produced by violating the cooperative principle,the gap between maximum relevance and optimal relevance,and the speaker’s expanding contextual reasoning.The cooperation principle and relevance theory have a good elaboration on humor in public speeches,but both have their own deficiencies in explanatory power.Only the combination of those two theories can better explain the generation mechanism of verbal humor.展开更多
Verbal humor has been widely studied from the perspective of the Cooperative Principle.The verbal humor of undergrad⁃uates,however,hasn’t been studied thoroughly.Corpus of verbal humor of undergraduates will be analy...Verbal humor has been widely studied from the perspective of the Cooperative Principle.The verbal humor of undergrad⁃uates,however,hasn’t been studied thoroughly.Corpus of verbal humor of undergraduates will be analyzed from the perspective of the Cooperative Principle and Relevance Theory.The analyses show that the pragmatic analysis of the verbal humor of the under⁃graduates can reveal humorous effects,which play an important role in their daily communication.展开更多
Abstract:Humor,as an art of language,reflects the wisdom of the speaker and positive attitude towards life,and brings joy to both speaker and listener.Based on relevance theory of Sperber and Wilson,this paper analyze...Abstract:Humor,as an art of language,reflects the wisdom of the speaker and positive attitude towards life,and brings joy to both speaker and listener.Based on relevance theory of Sperber and Wilson,this paper analyzes the verbal humor in the Dialogues of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory from the perspective of cognitive pragmatics,selects 5 specific cases of verbal humor to probe into its generation process and expression effects.The research is significant to the discovery of humor,application of relevance theory and research in pragmatics.It studies the generation process and expression effect to help people better understand humor in daily life,improve the ability of applying humor and feel the artistic charm of language.Meanwhile,the research provides a latest corpus to help English lovers and learners with their English language proficiency.展开更多
In this paper,verbal humor is interpretated from the appreciator's perspective of cognitive linguistics,precisely,the combination of Relevance Theory and Conceptual Blending Theory,which is a relatively new model,...In this paper,verbal humor is interpretated from the appreciator's perspective of cognitive linguistics,precisely,the combination of Relevance Theory and Conceptual Blending Theory,which is a relatively new model,in hope to better understanding verbal humor.展开更多
Friends is a very popular sitcom in America and even in China for its great humor, especially for its verbal humor. In order to understand the American humor better, the author tries to find out and appreciate the ver...Friends is a very popular sitcom in America and even in China for its great humor, especially for its verbal humor. In order to understand the American humor better, the author tries to find out and appreciate the verbal humor in the framework of Grice's Cooperative Principle and John Austin's Speech Act Theory. By this, the paper helps to grasp the wise humor in Friends and convince people of the strength and operability of Cooperative Principle as well as Speech Act Theory.展开更多
文摘Verbal humor carries rich cultural connotation and reflects the wisdom,communicative skills of the humor maker.There are many researches on verbal humor both at home and abroad,especially in the fields of sitcoms and literature from the perspective of pragmatics and cognitive linguistics.However,the researches on the humorous corpus of public speech are limited.This paper intendsto use qualitative research methods to explore the mechanism of verbal humor generation under the theoretical framework of cooperative principle and relevance theory.Through the analysis in the paper,it points out that verbal humor can be produced by violating the cooperative principle,the gap between maximum relevance and optimal relevance,and the speaker’s expanding contextual reasoning.The cooperation principle and relevance theory have a good elaboration on humor in public speeches,but both have their own deficiencies in explanatory power.Only the combination of those two theories can better explain the generation mechanism of verbal humor.
文摘Verbal humor has been widely studied from the perspective of the Cooperative Principle.The verbal humor of undergrad⁃uates,however,hasn’t been studied thoroughly.Corpus of verbal humor of undergraduates will be analyzed from the perspective of the Cooperative Principle and Relevance Theory.The analyses show that the pragmatic analysis of the verbal humor of the under⁃graduates can reveal humorous effects,which play an important role in their daily communication.
文摘Abstract:Humor,as an art of language,reflects the wisdom of the speaker and positive attitude towards life,and brings joy to both speaker and listener.Based on relevance theory of Sperber and Wilson,this paper analyzes the verbal humor in the Dialogues of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory from the perspective of cognitive pragmatics,selects 5 specific cases of verbal humor to probe into its generation process and expression effects.The research is significant to the discovery of humor,application of relevance theory and research in pragmatics.It studies the generation process and expression effect to help people better understand humor in daily life,improve the ability of applying humor and feel the artistic charm of language.Meanwhile,the research provides a latest corpus to help English lovers and learners with their English language proficiency.
文摘In this paper,verbal humor is interpretated from the appreciator's perspective of cognitive linguistics,precisely,the combination of Relevance Theory and Conceptual Blending Theory,which is a relatively new model,in hope to better understanding verbal humor.
文摘Friends is a very popular sitcom in America and even in China for its great humor, especially for its verbal humor. In order to understand the American humor better, the author tries to find out and appreciate the verbal humor in the framework of Grice's Cooperative Principle and John Austin's Speech Act Theory. By this, the paper helps to grasp the wise humor in Friends and convince people of the strength and operability of Cooperative Principle as well as Speech Act Theory.