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1、EnglishVerbalHumour:APragmaticAnalysisAbstractAsalanguagephenomenon,humorispervasiveinliterature,inthemovies,ontelevisions,inourlife,etc.HumorplaysanimportantroleinChineseandAmericanculture.Indailycommunication,humorameliorateshumanrelations,improvesthecommunicativeatmosphere,butalsoisendowedwit
2、hthesymbolofpersonalwit,glamourandeducation.Therefore,moreandmorescholarsinallkindsofthefieldsarepayingagooddealofattentiontoitsnature.Thispaperaimsatanalyzingonemaincategoryofverbalhumorfromapragmaticperspective,hopingtofindsomepragmaticguidelinesthatdirecthumorproductionandunderstanding.Theres
3、earchmethodistoapplysomeofthemajorpragmatictheories,namely,AustinandSearle’sSpeechActTheory,SperberandWilson’sRelevanceTheoryandLeechandLevinson’sPolitenessPrincipletotheanalysisofwhatfactorshaveaninfluenceontheunderstandingofverbalhumor.Keywords:verbalhumor；pragmatics；SpeechActTheory；RelevanceT
4、heory；PolitenessPrinciple內(nèi)容摘要幽默，作為一種語言現(xiàn)象在文學(xué)、影視、廣告和日常交際中頻頻出現(xiàn)，給人以輕松、詼諧之感，不僅活躍氣氛、緩和矛盾，而且提高人們的精神境界，因此越來越多的語言學(xué)、心理學(xué)、社會學(xué)、交際學(xué)及其他學(xué)科的學(xué)者，開始對幽默進行廣泛的關(guān)注。本文試圖從語用學(xué)領(lǐng)域的重要理論，奧斯汀和舍爾的言語行為理論、斯珀伯和威爾遜的關(guān)聯(lián)理論、利奇和列文森的禮貌原則出發(fā)分析言語幽默產(chǎn)生和理解的制約因素。關(guān)鍵詞：言語幽默；語用學(xué)；言語行為理論；關(guān)聯(lián)理論；禮貌原則iContentsAbstract(English)…………………………………………………………………....
5、....iAbstract(Chinese)…………………………………………......………………….......ii1.Introduction………………………………………….……………………….......12.DefinitionsofHumor………………………………………………………….....13.TypesofEnglishVerbalHumour……………………………………………......24.ThePragmaticAnalysisofEnglishVerbalHumour………………………….....44.1ConversationalImplicaturei
6、nEnglishVerbalHumour………………......44.2PolitenessPrincipleinEnglishVerbalHumour………………………......54.2.1AReviewofPolitenessPrinciple………………………………....54.2.2SampleAnalysesofHumorUsingPolitenessPrinciple………......64.3RelevanceTheoryinEnglishVerbalHumour………………………….....74.3.1AReviewofRelevanceTheory(RT)………………
7、…………......74.3.2SampleAnalysesofHumorwithRelevanceTheory……………....94.4SpeechActsinEnglishVerbalHumour………………………………......104.4.1AReviewofSpeechActTheoryofHumor……………………......104.4.2SampleAnalysesofHumorWithinSpeechActs………………....
