建桥毕业论文-中英文幽默映射语言与文化差异.docVIP

Linguistic and Cultural Differences Reflected in Humor of English and Chinese Linguistic and Cultural Differences Reflected in Humor of English and Chinese ABSTRACT As a way and purpose for interpersonal communication, humor is an important part of all cultures and language. Although there are many articles about humor, the study in this field is still not enough. This thesis intends to explicate the nature of humor by analyzing some humorous stories and the differences between linguistic and cultural. According to the differences between Chinese and Western cultures, This thesis goes further to make a exploration on the linguistic and cultural reasons that lead to barriers in the understanding of humor in English and Chinese, Western culture and Chinese culture. And the significance of this passage is not only to highlight the importance of different culture learning, but also has a great help for us who read and understand the Chinese and English books. Key words: Humor; Chinese and Western culture; Language; Cultural differences 中英文幽默映射的语言与文化差异 摘 要 作为人际交往的一种方式和目的，幽默是所有文化和语言重要组成部分。虽然有关幽默的文章很多，但有关幽默的研究一直没有得到足够的认识。本文通过对一些幽默故事的具体分析，旨在阐明幽默的本质，以及幽默映射出的语言与文化差异。根据中西方文化的不同，本文又进一步探究了影响我们理解中英文幽默的语言与文化障碍。本文的意义不仅在于突出不同文化学习的重要性，更对我们在阅读和理解中文和英文书籍有着很大的帮助。 关键词：幽默；中西方文化；语言；文化差异 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Literature Review 2 3 General Reflection on the Study of Humor 4 3.1 Definition of Humor 4 3.2 Types of Humor 7 3.3 Linguistic Theory of Humor 10 3.4 Origin and Development of Humor in English and Chinese 10 3.4.1 Origin of English Humor 11 3.4.2 Origin of Chinese Humor 11 3.4.3 Development of English Humor…………………………………………….12 3.4.4 Development of Chinese Humor….……………………………………….12 4 Linguistic Formation-mechanism of Humor in English and Chinese 12 4.1 Humor Produced by Ambiguity 12 4.2 Humor Produced by Rhetoric 13 4.3 Humor and Pragmatics…….………………………………………………………13 4.4 Linguistic Features of English and Chinese……………………