《英语修辞学》课件 11. Pun.ppt

EnglishRhetoricFiguresofRelationship相关修辞格EnglishRhetoric11.Pun双关11.Pun双关Pun,alsotermedasparonomasia,isaplayonwords,orratheraplayontheformandmeaningofwords,sothatoneutterancebringstomindtwosound-alikesortwoincongruousmeaningofthesameword.ExamplesofPun1.Antanaclasis:Homonyms(wordwiththesamesoundorformbutdifferentmeanings一词多义双关)1)Isawasawsawasaw.2)Whyistheriverrich?Becauseithastwobanks.ExamplesofAntanaclasis3)A:Ican’tbearTom,afool.B:Hismothercanbear.4)Ifwecan’thangtogethertoday,wewillbehangedonebyonetomorrow.ExamplesofAntanaclasis5)---Whatdoesalawyerdoafterdeath?---Liesstill.6)---Whichsentenceisthelongest?---Life.ExamplesofAntanaclasis7)---Howdoyouknowtheoceanisfriendly?---Itwaves.8)---Whichmonthdosoldiershate?---March.9)Iusedtobeabanker,butthenIlostinterest.ExamplesofAntanaclasis10)Ifacancancanacan,canacancantheothercan?（1）罐头；（2）能（3）装罐头ExamplesofAntanaclasis11)Idroppedoutof?communism?classbecauseoflousy?marks.?(Marx)12)Singaporeisafinecity.1)agoodcity;2)Youwillbefinedifyoudon’tfollowtherules.ExamplesofAntanaclasis13)Anappleadaykeepsthedoctoraway.（1）一日一苹果，医生远离我。（2）每天玩苹果，博士学位远离我。(Don’tbeindulgedinIPhoneorIPad)ExamplesofAntanaclasis14)Sloganof“OccupyingtheWallStreet”:10yearsagowehadSteveJobs,BobHopeandJohnnyCash.NowwehavenoJobs,noHopeandnoCash.以前,我们拥有鲍勃·霍普(美国喜剧演员),约翰尼·卡什(美国乡村音乐传奇人物)和乔布斯(苹果前任CEO)。今天,我们却没有工作,没有希望,没有钱。Paronomasia2.Paronomasia：Homophones(同音异体异义双关).Inthisformofpunning,wordshavingthesamesound,oralmostthesamesound,butdifferinginformandmeaning,areused.ThesewordsarecalledPunsofthistypeareusuallyhumorous.ExamplesofParonomasia1)Whenthequeenreignedthecountry,therewasnoraininthecountry.2)Sevend