a study on humor in sitcom friends

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1、AStudyonHumorinSitcomFriends　　【Abstract】Humorplaysaveryimportantroleinourlife.Itcanadjustsocialrelationship，amuseone’smood，enrichone’slifeandexhibitone’swisdom.Sitcomisoneofthemostpopularprogramsinmodernsocietyandinithumorplaysanessentialrole.Thisstudyinvestigatesthehumor

2、ousdialoguesintheAmericansituationcomedyFriends，anddiscusseshowthehumorisgenerated.　　【Keywords】humor；sitcom；Friends　　Introduction　　Asituationcomedy，orsitcom，isagenreofcomedytellingthestoriesofcharacterswhoshareacommonenvironment（homeorworkplace）withoften-humorousdialogue.

3、Itisoriginallydevisedforradiobuttodaytypicallyfoundontelevision.Asisindicatedbythename，situationcomediesintendtobehumoroussoastoamusetheaudience.ThisthesisaimsatinvestigateshumorouslanguageintheAmericansitcomFriendsanddiscusseshowthehumoriscreated.　　1.Literaturereview　　1.

4、1Situationcomedyanditsmainfeatures　　TheWikipedia’sdefinitionofasituationcomedyis“agenreofcomedythatfeaturescharacterssharingthesamecommonenvironment，suchasahomeorworkingspace，withhumorousdialogue.”Situationcomedy，originatedinU.S.radiointhe1920sandlatertooktheformoftelevis

5、ionshows.　　Asitcominitsnatureisacomedyandismeanttobehumorous.Sitcomsusuallyrevolvearoundasamecastofcharactersandthestoriestakeplaceinacommonsituation.Anotherimportantfeatureisthelaughtrack.Toreducecosts，someproducersmaynotuseliveaudienceswhenshootingandusepre-recordedlaug

6、hterinstead.Sitcomsisalsofixedlengthofepisodes.Eachepisodeisfrom20to30minutes.ForAmericansitcoms，eachseasonusuallycontains23to24episodes.　　1.2Definitionofhumor　　AccordingtoAttardo（1994），theEnglishword“humor”or“humour”isderivedfromtheLatinword，inthebeginningitisamedicalter

7、mwhichoriginallymeans“liquid”or“fluid”or“moisture”.InearlyWesternphysiologicaltheoryestablishedbyHippocrates（460-370B.C），humorwasregardedasoneofthefourfluids（blood，phlegm，choler，melancholy）ofthebodywhichwereconsideredtodetermineaperson’sfeatures.However，astimepassingby，“h

8、umor”graduallylosesitsoriginalmeaningandgetsmeaninginthefieldofaestheticsandliteraturewithsenseo