英语毕业论文A Pragmatic Study of English Puns.docVIP

PAGE PAGE ii PAGE PAGE ii A Pragmatic Study of English Puns A Thesis Submitted to College of Foreign Languages Xingtan College Qufu Normal University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement For the Degree of Bachelor of Arts ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am deeply indebted to Zhu He, my supervisor, who guided me throughout the whole writing of this thesis. She has read my drafts through carefully and painstakingly, and offered incisive comments and precious criticism on them. Without her help, I can’t make my thesis reach its present form. I am also deeply grateful to all my course teachers who has given me excellent lectures and great help. My sincere gratitude also goes to all my classmates who had offered generous advice and help in my process of writing this thesis. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to all the writers whose works has been referred to in this thesis. Their wonderful works and views help me a lot. 摘 要 双关语是一种特殊的语言现象并有着悠久的历史。英语双关修辞格极具韵味与艺术表现力，具有简洁凝练、幽默诙谐、引发联想等特点，它在文学作品、商业广告、日常交际等领域都有非常广泛的应用，并且一直是学者们的热点研究对象。该文从语用学的角度，结合实例，通过文献研究、文本分析以及收集相关资料，分析及探讨英语双关语的语用价值和语用意义，以促进英语双关语的正确理解和有效运用。本文先大体介绍了英语双关语的起源、定义、分类、特征、修辞功能等；然后结合语用学中的言语行为理论、会话含义理论以及关联理论对一些双关语的例子做了相关分析。 关键词：英语双关语；语用学；言语行为理论；会话含义理论；关联理论 ABSTRACT Pun is a special language phenomenon which has experienced a long history in English. English pun has a great artistic charm. It has the features of conciseness, humor, and creativeness. In our daily life, it has been widely used in literature, commercials, and daily communications. Pun has always been a major subject in English studies. More and more scholars have chosen it as their research topics. This thesis lays more stress on the pragmatic study of English puns. With examples, it tries to analyze and research the pragmatic values and meanings of English puns to promote the correct understanding and effective usage. Firstly, this thesis introduces English puns thoroughly, including its origin, definition, classification