[问][413]在杨立民、徐克容编著、外语教学与研究出版社出版的College English第4册(修订本) 第10课“The American Character”中有这样一句话: They marry more,go broke more often and make more money than any other people.
Humor,as a language art,is considered to be an indispensable form of communication in our daily life.This paper,from the perspective of cooperative principle,takes 8 humorous conversations from the popular sitcom Two ...Humor,as a language art,is considered to be an indispensable form of communication in our daily life.This paper,from the perspective of cooperative principle,takes 8 humorous conversations from the popular sitcom Two Broke Girls as analytical materials to analyze English humor.The humorous effects produced by violating the maxim of quantity,quality,relation and manner in Two Broke Girls are the concrete embodiment of conversational implicature in English humor.The most important part of this paper is the detailed analyses of many examples,which is helpful to the study of the cultural differences between Chinese humor and English humor.Moreover,linking sitcoms to pragmatics can deepen interlocuters’understanding of cooperative principle and the speaker’s implication.As an interdisciplinary subject,therefore,not only can pragmatics be combined with sitcoms,but also applies to other fields.It is hoped that this paper can make future researchers realize the importance of context and delve into other areas from the perspective of cooperative principle.展开更多
One of the reasons why human language is by nature distinct from animal language lies in that human language can produce language arts,one of which is humor.Employing the American sitcom2 Broke Girls as the context an...One of the reasons why human language is by nature distinct from animal language lies in that human language can produce language arts,one of which is humor.Employing the American sitcom2 Broke Girls as the context and Grice’s Cooperative Principle(CP)as the theoretical framework,this paper conducts a qualitative research of humor with some extracts of conversation from the sitcom,in an attempt to verify the hypothesis whether violation of the CP may lead to production of humor.The finding of the research justifies the particular hypothesis that there exists causal relationship between violation of the CP and production of humor.展开更多
Sitcom is the important carrier of the humor culture,but Chinese and American audiences usually cannot understand the humor in each other’s sitcoms in real life.The thesis firstly introduces the Chinese sitcom Ipartm...Sitcom is the important carrier of the humor culture,but Chinese and American audiences usually cannot understand the humor in each other’s sitcoms in real life.The thesis firstly introduces the Chinese sitcom Ipartment and the American sitcom Two Broke Girls.Then it makes a comparison of two ways of making humor in the two sitcoms,and picks some dialogues for analysis so as to discover the cultural differences and the reason.The research discovers that Chinese sitcoms mainly pick people’s shortcomings or naive thoughts as topics and rarely talk about sensitive topics like politics and death,whereas sitcoms in America cover various topics;Chinese sitcoms often create humor among intimate friends but Americans play jokes regardless of the status of people.These are mainly related to different histories of the two countries.展开更多
American slang is one of the language varieties in American English. The study of American slang can hopefully help usbetter understand English and its culture. In this thesis, some American slang collected from 2 Bro...American slang is one of the language varieties in American English. The study of American slang can hopefully help usbetter understand English and its culture. In this thesis, some American slang collected from 2 Broke Girls will be generalized, andtheir characteristics will be analyzed. By the analysis of American slang and the features of American sitcoms language, the authorwants to help learners to avoid pragmatic failure in cross-culture communication and improve learners' understanding of Americanslang.展开更多
The 10000 t/a high purity aluminum engineering project in Baise Mining Group’s Coal-power-aluminum Integration Project started construction at Tianyang Xinshan Aluminum Industrial Park.Following the successful produc...The 10000 t/a high purity aluminum engineering project in Baise Mining Group’s Coal-power-aluminum Integration Project started construction at Tianyang Xinshan Aluminum Industrial Park.Following the successful production launching of Baise Mining Group’s Coal-power-aluminum Integration Xinshan Project-Phase I2×350MW coal-fired unit self supply展开更多
CCR learned that Singpu Chemicals(Taixing)Co., Ltd.(SP Taixing)recently broke ground a 300000 t/a causticsoda project in the China Fine Chemical IndustryTaixing Park, a economic development zone designatedas a fine ch...CCR learned that Singpu Chemicals(Taixing)Co., Ltd.(SP Taixing)recently broke ground a 300000 t/a causticsoda project in the China Fine Chemical IndustryTaixing Park, a economic development zone designatedas a fine chemicals hub in Jiangsu province.Along with the new capacity, SP Taixing展开更多
文摘[问][413]在杨立民、徐克容编著、外语教学与研究出版社出版的College English第4册(修订本) 第10课“The American Character”中有这样一句话: They marry more,go broke more often and make more money than any other people.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(WUT:215217002).
文摘Humor,as a language art,is considered to be an indispensable form of communication in our daily life.This paper,from the perspective of cooperative principle,takes 8 humorous conversations from the popular sitcom Two Broke Girls as analytical materials to analyze English humor.The humorous effects produced by violating the maxim of quantity,quality,relation and manner in Two Broke Girls are the concrete embodiment of conversational implicature in English humor.The most important part of this paper is the detailed analyses of many examples,which is helpful to the study of the cultural differences between Chinese humor and English humor.Moreover,linking sitcoms to pragmatics can deepen interlocuters’understanding of cooperative principle and the speaker’s implication.As an interdisciplinary subject,therefore,not only can pragmatics be combined with sitcoms,but also applies to other fields.It is hoped that this paper can make future researchers realize the importance of context and delve into other areas from the perspective of cooperative principle.
文摘One of the reasons why human language is by nature distinct from animal language lies in that human language can produce language arts,one of which is humor.Employing the American sitcom2 Broke Girls as the context and Grice’s Cooperative Principle(CP)as the theoretical framework,this paper conducts a qualitative research of humor with some extracts of conversation from the sitcom,in an attempt to verify the hypothesis whether violation of the CP may lead to production of humor.The finding of the research justifies the particular hypothesis that there exists causal relationship between violation of the CP and production of humor.
文摘Sitcom is the important carrier of the humor culture,but Chinese and American audiences usually cannot understand the humor in each other’s sitcoms in real life.The thesis firstly introduces the Chinese sitcom Ipartment and the American sitcom Two Broke Girls.Then it makes a comparison of two ways of making humor in the two sitcoms,and picks some dialogues for analysis so as to discover the cultural differences and the reason.The research discovers that Chinese sitcoms mainly pick people’s shortcomings or naive thoughts as topics and rarely talk about sensitive topics like politics and death,whereas sitcoms in America cover various topics;Chinese sitcoms often create humor among intimate friends but Americans play jokes regardless of the status of people.These are mainly related to different histories of the two countries.
文摘American slang is one of the language varieties in American English. The study of American slang can hopefully help usbetter understand English and its culture. In this thesis, some American slang collected from 2 Broke Girls will be generalized, andtheir characteristics will be analyzed. By the analysis of American slang and the features of American sitcoms language, the authorwants to help learners to avoid pragmatic failure in cross-culture communication and improve learners' understanding of Americanslang.
文摘The 10000 t/a high purity aluminum engineering project in Baise Mining Group’s Coal-power-aluminum Integration Project started construction at Tianyang Xinshan Aluminum Industrial Park.Following the successful production launching of Baise Mining Group’s Coal-power-aluminum Integration Xinshan Project-Phase I2×350MW coal-fired unit self supply
文摘CCR learned that Singpu Chemicals(Taixing)Co., Ltd.(SP Taixing)recently broke ground a 300000 t/a causticsoda project in the China Fine Chemical IndustryTaixing Park, a economic development zone designatedas a fine chemicals hub in Jiangsu province.Along with the new capacity, SP Taixing
