A Pragmatic Analysis of the American Humor in Sitcom Friends 英语毕业论文

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1、APragmaticAnalysisoftheAmericanHumorinSitcomFriends Thesisstatement:HowverbalhumorfloutseachofthefourmaximsinCooperativePrincipalandhowtounderstandtheimpliedmeaningbehindthehumorousconversations.OutlineⅠ.IntroductionⅡ.TheCooperativePrincipleandConvers

2、ationalImplicatureA.ThemaximofQuality1.donotsaywhatyoubelievetobefals2.donotsaythatforwhichyoulackadequateevidenceB.ThemaximofQuantity1.makeyourcontributionasinformativeasisrequiredforthecurrentpurposesoftheexchange2.donotmakeyourcontributionmoreinfor

3、mativethanisrequiredC.ThemaximofRelevanceMakeyourcontributionsrelevantD.ThemaximofManner1.avoidobscurity2.avoidambiguity3.bebrief4.beorderlyⅢ.AnalysisofHumorinFriendsA.HumorProducedbytheDeliberateFloutoftheMaximmofQualityB.HumorProducedbytheDeliberate

4、FloutoftheMaximofQuantityC.HumorProducedbytheDeliberateFloutoftheMaximofRelevanceD.HumorProducedbytheDeliberateFloutoftheMaximofMannerⅣ.ConclusionAbstract：TheverbalhumorinthefamousAmericansitcomFriends,toacertaindegree,preventstheEnglishlearnersfromap

5、preciatingthesitcomeffectively.Thisthesis,basedon  CooperativePrinciple(CP)andConversationalImplicatureTheory,analyseshowverbalhumorfloutseachofthefourmaximsinCooperativePrincipalandhowtounderstandtheimpliedmeaningbehindthehumorousconversations.Meanwh

6、ile,theeffectsofverbalhumorareillustratedindetails.ThestudyissuretohelpEnglishlearnerstoappreciatethesitcomandimprovetheirabilityinunderstandingtheAmericanhumor. KeyWords: Verbalhumor Friends CooperativePrinciple ConversationalImplicature Ⅰ.Introducti

7、onInOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionary(1997:863),thenotionofhumoristhequalityinsomethingthatmakesitfunnyoramusing;ortheabilitytolaughatthingsthatareamusing.Inparticular,verbalhumorplaysanimportantandirreplaceableroleinentertainingpeoplei

8、nsitcomssothatitisoneofthemostcommonlyacceptedlanguagefeaturesinsitcoms.Itisafactthatsitcomscatchhighattentionofaudienceworldwide.InAmerican,peopledevoteamountoftheirfreetimetothesitcomsmostlyduetotheirentertainmenteffects.Thepopularityofsitco