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ChapterOneIntroductionHumorsplayaveryimportantroleinourdailylifeandwork,whichcanbringuslaughterandjoy.Humorsarepervasiveinourdailylife.Parentsusehumorstomaketheirpointsartfullypersuasivewheneducatingtheirchildrenathome.Colleaguesmakeuseofhumorsafteralongday’shardworktorelaxthemselvesinoffices.Teacherscanalsomakefulluseofhumorstoensurethattheirstudentslearninginaneffectiveandlight-heartedwayintheclassroom.Evenstrangersmaytakeadvantageoftheirsenseofhumortomakefriendswitheachothereasily.Humors,existingineverycorneroftheworld,havecomeintobeingforalongtime.Humorscanbefoundintelevisions,movies,books,andmagazinesintheworld.TheBackgroundoftheStudyDuetothesignificantroleofhumors,scholarsbegantostudyhumorsfromdifferentaspects.Alargenumberofscholarshavedonealotofresearches,andprofoundachievementsinresearchofhumorshavebeenobtained.Generallyspeaking,theclassicaltheoriesconcerningthestudyofhumorcanbeclassifiedintothreecategories;theyarethesuperioritytheory,releasetheory,andincongruitytheory(Raskin,1985).Modernresearchonhumor,however,isaninterdisciplinarysubject.Researchers,homeandabroad,havemadethestudiesofhumorfromthetraditionalareassuchasphysiology,psychology,rhetoric,philosophy,extendingtoanthropology,sociology,linguistics,pragmaticsandothermoreextensiveareasandemergingfields.From1960sto1970s，thesemanticsandcognitivelinguisticsstartedtoanalyzehumorfromdifferentangles.From1970sto1980s,apragmaticapproachtostudyhumorcameintobeing,andtheCooperativePrinciple,RelevanceTheory,thePolitenessPrinciple,SpeechActtheoryarethebest-knowntheories,whichhaveaverypowerfulinterpretationonthehumors.Withthepopularityofsituationcomedyinthelastfewyears,suchasGrowingPains,Friends,anincreasingnumberofresearchersarepayingmoreandmoreattentiononthestudyofhumors,whichappearedinthosepopularsituationcomedies.MostofthosestudiesareconcentratingonhumorsthatcomefromAmericansituationcomedies.SpecialattentionispaidtothehumorsinthesituationcomedyFriends,anddifferenttheories,suchaslinguistics,semantics,pragmatics,ar