建桥中英文幽默映射的语言与文化差异大学论文.docx

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建桥中英文幽默映射的语言与文化差异大学论文

LinguisticandCulturalDifferencesReflectedinHumorofEnglishandChinese

LinguisticandCulturalDifferencesReflectedinHumorofEnglishandChinese

ABSTRACT

Asawayandpurposeforinterpersonalcommunication,humorisanimportantpartofallculturesandlanguage.Althoughtherearemanyarticlesabouthumor,thestudyinthisfieldisstillnotenough.Thisthesisintendstoexplicatethenatureofhumorbyanalyzingsomehumorousstoriesandthedifferencesbetweenlinguisticandcultural.AccordingtothedifferencesbetweenChineseandWesterncultures,ThisthesisgoesfurthertomakeaexplorationonthelinguisticandculturalreasonsthatleadtobarriersintheunderstandingofhumorinEnglishandChinese,WesterncultureandChineseculture.Andthesignificanceofthispassageisnotonlytohighlighttheimportanceofdifferentculturelearning,butalsohasagreathelpforuswhoreadandunderstandtheChineseandEnglishbooks.

Keywords:

Humor;ChineseandWesternculture;Language;Culturaldifferences

中英文幽默映射的语言与文化差异

摘要

作为人际交往的一种方式和目的，幽默是所有文化和语言重要组成部分。

虽然有关幽默的文章很多，但有关幽默的研究一直没有得到足够的认识。

本文通过对一些幽默故事的具体分析，旨在阐明幽默的本质，以及幽默映射出的语言与文化差异。

根据中西方文化的不同，本文又进一步探究了影响我们理解中英文幽默的语言与文化障碍。

本文的意义不仅在于突出不同文化学习的重要性，更对我们在阅读和理解中文和英文书籍有着很大的帮助。

关键词：

幽默；中西方文化；语言；文化差异

TableofContents

1Introduction1

2LiteratureReview2

3GeneralReflectionontheStudyofHumor4

3.1DefinitionofHumor4

3.2TypesofHumor7

3.3LinguisticTheoryofHumor10

3.4OriginandDevelopmentofHumorinEnglishandChinese10

3.4.1OriginofEnglishHumor11

3.4.2OriginofChineseHumor11

3.4.3DevelopmentofEnglishHumor…………………………………………….12

3.4.4DevelopmentofChineseHumor….……………………………………….12

4LinguisticFormation-mechanismofHumorinEnglishandChinese12

4.1HumorProducedbyAmbiguity12

4.2HumorProducedbyRhetoric13

4.3HumorandPragmatics…….………………………………………………………13

4.4LinguisticFeaturesofEnglishandChinese……………………………………….13

5DifferentCulturalFactorsinEnglishandChineseHumor……………………………..14

5.1DifferentCulturalValues………………………………………………………….14

5.1.1ValueSystem…………………………………………………………..…14

5.1.2ValueContrast………………………………………………………….....15

5.2DifferertPatternsofThoughts……………………………………………………..15

5.3DifferentWorldWiew……………………………………………………………..15

5.4DifferentHistories…………………………………………………………………16

5.5DifferentSocialSystem……………………………………………………………17

6Conclusion20

References21

Acknowledgements22

1Introduction

Itiswellknownthathumorisawidespreadexistenceinlinguistics.Itissocommonthatitleaveseveryareaofeverycountry,everyrace,everynation'scultureandallfieldofhuman.Inotherwords,therearehumanbeingswheretheremustbehumorous.Onepersonwhetherhavingasenseofhumorornot,isuniversallyconsideredthemostcomplexanddelicatehumanisticqualitythatseparatesourhumanandanimal.JustasA.A.Bergeroncesaid,“Thereisnoescapinghumorandthereisnosubject,whetheritbesex,marriage,polities,religion,work,sports—younameit—thathasnotbeenridiculed,jokedabout,andusedorabusedonewayoranother,asgristofsomeone’scomicmilitancy.“[1]

Humorplaystherolethatcannotbeignoredinourlife,especiallyincommunication.Humormakesourrelationshipmoreenjoyablebecauseofofferingarelaxedandamusingtalkingatmosphere.Anditishumorprovidsanoutletforustounbosomournegativeemotionsthatwecanreducethefeelingsofnegativity.Meanwhile,becauseitcangiveusconsolationintimesofstressthathumorisconsideredtobeapowerfulweaponkillthehardshipandmisfortune.Inaword,humorhelpsuskeepabalanceofpersonageandsociety.

Becauseofthesefunctionsthathumorhasdrawedtheattentionoflotsofpeople.Peoplehadbeguntheresearchonthefieldofhumorinthe2000yearsago.However,thestudyofhumorisaverycomplicatedandmultifacetedtaskthatevenuptonow,thereisnosingledefinitionofhumanacceptabletoallinvestigationsinthearea.whichcoversdifferentdisciplineslikelinguistics,psychology,physiologyandsoon.

However,humorisnotonlyaformoflanguagebutalsoanintegralpartofculture.Thisthesisisaimedatdiscussthedifferencesbetweenlinguisticandculturalfromtheaspectofverbalhumor.Itwillstartfromthegeneralstudyofhumorbythediversityofconcepts,classificationsandhumorousexpositionofthetheoryofincompatibility,aswellashumorinthereviewofBritishhistory,toconductapreliminaryunderstandingofverbalhumor.ThereasonwhytheauthorproposesthelanguageandcultureistoreflectEnglishisdifferfromChineseinculturalbackground,languagehumorreachedadifferentcommunicativeeffects.Theresearchisbenefittohelpthelearnerofthesetwolanguagestoovercomeculturalbarriersandpromoteculturalexchanges.

Itisbasedonthecontentofabovestudiesthatthisthesisincludesthreechapters.Thefirstchapterisagenerallyreflectsthestudyofhumor,whichincludsthedifinitionofhumor;thetypeofhumor;thetheoriesofhumor,theoriginandthedevelopmentofhumorinChineseandEnglish.Chaptertwoattemptstoexaminethelinguisticformation—mechanismsofhumorinEnglishandChinese,bygivingsomeexamplestoexplainhowhumorisproducedandwhythehumorislaughable.Chapterthreefocusesontheanalysisoftherelationshipbetweenculture,thought,religion,history,andsocialsystem;Finally,thereisaconclusionisgiven.

2LiteratureReview

Foramorecompleteunderstandingoftheissues,thisthesiscarrysoutdeepresearchonhumoranddescribewhathappenedinthisareaoverthepast30years.

Theresearchofhumorisalongprocess.Fromancienttimestothepresent,Someforeignscholarsandprofessorshavebeenfromthelinguistic,psychologyandaestheticspointofviewonthecontentofhumorconductedawiderangeofresearch,Sotheymadeaprominentcontributiontothisissue.

Inthebook"HumorandLaughter"publishedin1985,Apte,M.L.studiedhumorfromananthropologicalpointofview.Fromtheuniquepointofviewofhumor,hemadelaughterandsmileisakindofunconsciousbehavior,whichistheoutwardexpressionofthepersonwhowillsmile,andhebelievesthatsocio-culturalrealityistheconditionofhumor.

VictorRaskininhisbookSemanticMechanismsofHumor,publishedin1985,introducesanumberofclassificationsofhumorandsomeexamplesillustratingthem.Hediscussesthelargegroupsoftheoriesofhumor.Oneofthemostimportanttheoriesisframe-shiftingtheory,whichillustratesthesemanticleapsinhumorinterpretationandcognition.ByanalyzingseveralEnglishhumorsandChinesehumors,whichprovestheframe-shiftingoccursatvariousleveloflanguage.Healsodividesallthetheoriesofhumorintothreecategories,includingsocialbehavioranalysis,psychoanalysisandcognitiveperception.Thefirsttheoryisrelatedtoincongruity,thesecondwithdisparagement,andthethirdwithsuppression.

InthebookHumorousLanguage,publishedin1985,WalterNashemphasizestheconnectionofhumorouscontenttothestylisticorlinguisticsense,especiallyinthejokesofpositionandformula.Nashpointsoutthathumorisproducedbybothspokenandwrittenlanguages,andheexploresthestatusandgoalsofthehumor,therelationshipbetweenhumorandsocialattitudes,andjokebetweenspeakerandaudience.

Thisarticle“Closetothesenseofhumor:

Ahistoricalreview”comesfromthebook"Humor"publishedin1998,MartinR.pointedoutthatoursocialrolewillrequireustocontrolandrejectmanyimpulsesanddesirestomeetthesurroundingEnvironmentalrequirementsandotherpeoplequestionedus.Humorcanregulatethesocialpressure,itcanmakeushaveabettersenseofself-esteemandself-confidenceinthefaceofexternalthreats.Therefore,humorcanprovideuswithatemporarywaywhichwecanescapetheshacklesoflife,despitethereallifethereisthephenomenonofhypocrisy,stupidityandunfairness,butwecanstillgetasenseoffreedomandcertaincredibility.

ClaireKramsch,whopublishedthebook"LanguageandCulture"in2000,pointedoutthatifsomeonewantedtoknowwhatthespeakersaid,thereasonthespeakersaidthereasonandhowthespeakersaid,thispersonmustgodeepintothespecificlanguagesceneatthattime.Inaddition,hemustlinkthespeaker'sbeliefs,ideas,andlanguagestylestoalargercontextualculture.Moreover,humordiscoursecanbeofgreatersignificanceonlyiftherecipientisfullyawareoftherelevantculturalconnotations.However,becausetheEnglishandChinesehumorouslanguagecontainstheirownculturalcharacteristicsandcharacteristics,Youcannotsmoothlycommunicateifyoudifficulttofullyunderstandthetwodifferentsenseofhumor.

TheLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishgivesadefinitionofhumor,whichispublishedin2006.Humorcanleadtoentertainmentandlaughter,andithastheabilitytoidentifyorexpressinterestingandinterestingthings.Humorhastheabilitytocreateentertainmentorimprovethequalityofentertainmentanddiscovercomedyinlife,andbeabletocreateandreflecttheminart.Itcanalsomakepeopletolaughwithoutconsciousness.

In1932,LinYutangEnglishtranslationof"humor"translatedintoChinese"幽默",followedbyalotofhumorousworks.Recentyears,manyChineseexpertsandscholarsbegantostudyhumorfromsemantics,practicalityandlanguagestyle.

In"HumorLinguistics"book,publishedin1995,thePearlHufirstintroducedtheoriginhumorandhumordevelopment,Heanalyzeshumorindepthfromthehumorousatmosphereofspeech,thepatternofhumorinspeech,anditssurfacestructureanddeepstructure.

Inthe