语用视觉下对《生活大爆炸》的言语幽默分析英语学专业.doc

题 目 语用视觉下对《生活大爆炸》的言语幽默分析 姓 Acknowledgements This thesis would not have been completed without numerous people’s invaluable help and support, to whom; I would like to take this opportunity to show my heart-felt gratitude. First and foremost, I am especially grateful to my supervisor, Liu Weiwei. She has offered me constructive and insightful instructions to help me complete this thesis. From the initial draft to the final paper, Mrs. Liu has provided inspiring encouragement and patient guidance for me. Besides, I extend my thanks to Professor Li Qiang and every teacher who has helped me with useful suggestions and comments. My immense thanks also go to my friends who supported me. Finally, I would like to express my warmest gratitude to my family for their unconditional love and support. Abstract Humor plays an important role in English culture. Situation Comedy (shortened as sitcom) is one of the most popular programs in which verbal humor plays an important role. As one of the most popular American sitcoms, The Big Bang Theory has a distinct language feature for the verbal humor research. This paper aims at finding out the present situation of English and Chinese verbal humor under the Pragmatic Vision, clarifying the similarities and differences between English and Chinese humor; this paper also intends to employ one Pragmatic Theory, namely the Cooperative Principle (Shortened as CP) to analyze the cultural factors through the sitcom to find out how the intercultural communication is applied to speech of humor. This paper analyzes the English language materials in The Big Bang Theory by collecting and transcribing the online video materials into text, and using the Cooperative Principle to analyze the examples, interprets the phenomenon of verbal humor. It is believed that the analysis of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory will help the English learners to understand and appreciate the humor in the American TV drama better and foster a stronger interest in language learning to promote better learning. Human communication behaviors can be well understan1d. Chinese peoples’ appreciating the humor of foreign culture and their sense of humor can be impressed by such a study. Also, the understanding of the inner generation mechanism of verbal humor can be deepened, while a meaningful reference for English teaching and intercultural communication is offered. Key words: cooperative principle; sitcom; verbal humor; The Big Bang Theory 摘 要 幽默，作为一种语言现象在英语文化中有着举足轻重的作用。情景喜剧是最受电视观众喜爱的艺术节目之一，而其中的言语幽默是其艺术创作的重要组成部分。现阶段正在热播的美国情景喜剧《生活大爆炸》一经播出便受到广大观众的喜爱。其语言特点鲜明、风趣幽默，具有典型的情景喜剧的特点，很有研究的代表性。本文在于发现英汉言语幽默的现状；弄清楚英汉幽默的相似之处以及区别；本文从语用学角度出发，运用合作则分析美国当今流行情景喜剧《生活大爆炸》中大量言语幽默，通过情景喜剧来分析文化因素，以了解跨文化交际如何应用于言语幽默。 本文通过网络视频资料搜集并转录为文本的方式，选取《生活大爆炸》中的英语语言材料，运用合作原则进行实例分析，诠释了言语幽默这一现象。相信通过本文对情景喜剧《生活大爆炸》的分析，能帮助英语学习者更好地理解和体会美剧中的幽默， 培养出更浓厚的语言学习兴趣以促进更好地学习。总之，希望这项研究对于深入了解人类的交际行为、提高国人的欣赏水平以及培养国人的幽默意识有一定的帮助。本文有利于我们加深对言语幽默的产生的内在机制的认识，同时对英语教学和跨文化交际提供了有意义的借鉴。 关键词：合作原则；情景喜剧；言语幽默；生活大爆炸 Contents 云南民族大学毕业论文(设计)原创性声明 i Acknowledgements ii Abstract iii 摘 要 iv 1. Introduction 1 1.1 A Brief Introduction of the paper 1 1.2 The Purpose of the paper 1 2. Literature Review 3 2.1 Overseas Study 3 2.2 Domestic Study 4 3. Theoretical Framework 6 3.1 Humor 6 3.1.1 Definition of humor 6 3.1.2 Classification of humor 7 3.2 Situation comedy 9 3.2.1 Definition of Situation comedy 9 3.2.2 Introduction of The Big Bang Theory 10 3.3 Cooperative Principle 12 3.3.1 The Maxim of Quantity 13 3.3.2 The Maxim of Quality 13 3.3.3 The Maxim of Relevance 13 3.3.4 The Maxim of Manner 14 4. Discourse Analysis Under the Guidance of Cooperative Principle 15 4.1 Violating the Maxim of Quantity 15 4.2 Violating the Maxim of Quality 16 4.3 Violating the Maxim of Relevance 17 4.4 Violating the Maxim of Manner 19 5. Conclusion 21 5.1 Summary of this thesis 21 5.2 Limitation of the present study 21 References 22 v 1. Introduction This thesis aims at analyzing the verbal humor in The Big Bang Theory by using the Cooperative Principle from the perspective of pragmatics. 1.1 A Brief Introduction of the paper Based on the comparative analysis, this thesis aims at analyzing the verbal humor in The Big Bang Theory by using the Cooperation Principle from the perspective of pragmatics. It provides some effective suggestions for people to understand and appreciate English verbal humor. The paper provides some useful suggestions for people to understand and findings of this appreciate verbal humor. From the perspective of pragmatics, this research intends to employ one principle, namely the Cooperative Principle (Shortened as CP) to analyze the inner generation mechanism of verbal in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Furthermore, this principle is also compared on its different interpretations of the generation mechanism of verbal humor in this paper. Moreover, both theories lead