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Contents 中文摘要 i Abstract ii Acknowledgements iii Introduction 1 I. Memetics Context 3 A. The Origin of Meme 3 B. Definition of Meme 4 1. Host and Vector 4 2. Singular Meme and Memeplex 5 3. Meme Hook 5 C. The Lifecycle of Memes 6 1. Information Processing 6 2. Thought Contagion 7 D. Meme and Language 8 1. Language Transmits Meme 8 2. Meme Benefits the Development of Language 8 3. Meme Theory in Language Communication 9 II. Conflict Talk Context 11 A. Definition of Conflict Talk 11 B. Logic Framework of Conflict Talk 11 C. Categories of Conflict Talk 12 D. The Combination of Conflict Talk and Memetics 13 III. Case Studies of Memetic Analysis on Parent-teenager Conflict Talk 14 A. Brief Introduction of Modern Family 14 B. Conflict Talk as Memetic Competition 15 C. Conflict Memes in the Initiation Stage 16 1. Ideational Conflict Memes 16 2. Interpersonal Conflict Memes 18 3. Textual Conflict Memes 19 D. Transmission and Contagion of Conflict Meme in the Escalation Stage 20 1. Vector in the Transmission 20 1.1 Transmission by Verbal Vector 21 1.2 Transmission by Non-verbal Vectors 21 2. Contagion in the Transmission 22 2.1 The Verbal Contagion 22 2.2 The Non-verbal Contagion 23 E. The Results of Conflict Meme Competition in the Termination Stage 24 1. Win or Lose 24 2. Compromise 25 3. Deadlock 26 Conclusion 28 Notes 29 Bibliography 31 dictionaries have put it in the new editions, defining it as “an element of culture that may be considered to be passed on by non-genetic means, especially imitation.” 5 And according to the Merriam Webster’s Dictionary, the meme is an ideas, behavior, style, or usage that spread from person to person within a culture. 6 Moreover, memetists also gave their opinions. For example, Blackmore 1990 have broadened the definition of memetics invented by Dawkins, defining that anything “that can be passed on by imitation” 7 can be counted as memes. Dennett 1995 even described an individual as “a particular sort of ape infested with memes”.8 A