The Differences between Chinese and English Humor and the Reasons from a Cross-cultural Perspective 英语专业毕业论文.doc

毕业论文 题目：The Differences between Chinese and English Humor and the Reasons from a Cross-cultural Perspective 学生姓名：＿＿＿＿------＿＿＿＿ 系 别：＿＿＿外国语学院＿＿＿ 专 业：＿＿＿＿英语＿＿＿＿＿ 学 号：＿＿＿ ＿＿ 班 级：＿＿＿08英本3班＿＿＿ 指导老师：＿＿＿＿ ＿＿＿＿＿ 二○一二年四月Acknowledgements First of all, I want to express my heartfelt thanks to , my supervisor, for all the time and energy he has put into training me as a student of English when I studied at University. Without his painstaking supervision and help, this thesis could never have been finished. The faculty is knowledgeable and rigorous towards research and tireless in teaching. They have influenced me a lot and helped me not only establish academic goals, grasp basic research methods but also learn how to communicate with others. Here I want to express my great respect and sincere thanks to them. I am also grateful to my classmates at foreign language department at our college. Abstract Humor plays a significant role in people’s daily life. It can make us happy and relive our anxiety and stress. It is just because of its functions that humor is widely used in many aspects. However, due to different cultures, Chinese humor is different from English humor. What is thought funny in one country might be considered nonsense or misunderstood in another country. Thus we need to know the differences so as to understand the humor better. By using the comparative and descriptive approaches, this essay compares the differences between Chinese and English humor and analyses the causes. Researches show that Chinese humor differs from English humor in many aspects such as origin, style, content, function, skills and technique, the way of producing. Different values, different ways of thinking, different ideology and culture background all account for these differences. Key Words：摘要 幽默在人们的生活中有着非常重要的作用。它能给人们带来欢乐，减轻忧虑和压力。正因为幽默的重要作用，它在各方面都被广泛应用。然而，由于不同的文化差异，中国幽默和英语幽默存在差异。一个国家中被认为有趣的事在另一个国家就会被认为没有意义或者被误解。因此我们需要了解其中的差异以便可以更好地领悟幽默。本文比较了中西方幽默的差异并分析了原因。研究表