RhetoricalDevicesinHumorViolatingMaximofManner

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RhetoricalDevicesinHumorViolatingMaximo fManner

作者：田茜蒙

来源：《中国·东盟博览》2013年第10期

Abstract Inmainpartofthethesis，theauthortriestomakearelativelysystematicresearchofthemainfeaturesofhumorouslanguage；onthelevelofpragmatics，thestudyaimstouseCooperativePrinciple，asitstheoreticalresearchbasedinanexplorethedifferencesofrhetoricaldevicesemployedinhumorousuttera ncesinourdailylife，especiallyinconversations.

KeyWords：Englishhumor，CooperativePrinciple，Rhetoricaldevices

RhetoricalDevicesmeansanexpressionsthatreplacesavariationinpointofviewbywhichonethingornot ionismeantasifitweredifferentinsomeway.

H.P.GricedefinedCooperativePrincipleasfollows：Makeyourconversationalcontributionasrequired，atthestageatwhichitoccurs，andbytheacceptedpurposeordirectionofthetalkexchangeinwhichyouareengaged.CPinvolvedfourconvers ationalmaxims，whichareMaximsofQuantity，Quality，

RelevanceandManner.ThisthesisfocusonrhetoricaldevicesinhumorviolatingMaximofManner.

Thismaximrequiresspeakerstomakehistalkbrief，clear，andparticularlyavoidtellingsomethingobscureandambiguous.Thedifferentwaysofpeoplewhodonotobser vethemaximwillleadtodifferenthumorouseffects.

Herearesometypicalcasesinsitcoms.

Pun

Basicallyspeaking，punisacommonrhetoricaldevicewhichusesahomophonyorhomonymytomakeawordorasentencerelatedto twodifferentevents.PunisofgreatbenefittotherealizationofthehumorouseffectsinEnglishhumor.Withinnu merablehumoreffectsrelatedtopun，let’sanalysissomeexamplesinTheBigBangTheory.

Example

Sheldon：Idon’tcareforperchloroethylene，andIdon’tlikeglycolether.Soundslike“either”