从语用学角度探讨英语幽默的形成和幽默文化特点.doc

A Pragmatics Approach to English Humor and its Cultural Features 从语用学角度探讨英语幽默的形成和幽默文化特点 Dissertation Submitted to Xi’an Normal University in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts By ZhangSunfurong (Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics) Dissertation Supervisor: Professor Zhao Chunxia November, 2005 Contents Abstract Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Introduction Significance of the Study Aim of the Study Method of the Study 1.3.1 Analytic Framework 1.3.2 Steps of the Study 1.3.3 Data Collection 1.4 Structure of the Study Chapter 2 The Theoretical Basis on Context and Speech Act Theory 2.1 The Definition and the Classification of Context 2.2 Features of Context 2.3 The functions of context 2.4 The Establishment and Development of Speech Act Theory 2.5 The Definition and the Classification of Speech Act Theory 2.6 Features of Speech Act Theory Chapter 3 Pragmatics and humor 3.1 Definition of humor 3.2 Classification of humor 3.3. Meaning, Context and Implicature 3.3.1 The relations between meaning in humor, context and implicature 3.3.2 Meaning 3.3.3 Context in humor 3.3.4 Implicature 3.4 Humor and Speech Act Theory 3.4.1The Cooperative Principle How conversational implicature is generated in humor? 3.4 The Politeness Maxim. Chapter 4 Analysis of the realization of English humor via pragmatics and speech act theory 4.1 Violating Maxims of Conversation leading to humorous effect 4.1.1 Maxims of Conversation 4.1.2 Cooperative Principle 4.1.3 Violating Cooperative Principle leading to Humorous Effect 4.1.4 Politeness Principle 4.1.5 Violating Politeness Principle leading to Humorous Effect 4.2 Context 4.2.1 Context 4.2.2 Characteristics of Context 4.3.3 Humor and Context Chapter 5 Cultural Context in understanding of English Humor. 5.1 English Humor and its Culture barrier 5.2 Culture features in Campus humor 5.3 Culture features in family humor 5.4 Culture features in religious humor Chapter 6 Conclusion B