《生活大爆炸》中言语反讽的关联理论分析_英语论文

Analysis of the Verbal Irony in The Big Bang Theory by Relevance-theoretic Approach

摘要

反讽，在日常交流与文学作品中频繁出现。如果能对反讽进行正确的理解并合理的使用，我们将可以更好地理解他人话语中的深层意思以及表达自身的思想。所以，长期以来，反讽一直受到各类不同领域的学者的关注。斯柏伯和威尔逊的关联理论在这方面颇有成效，它强有力地解释了很多复杂语言现象。从关联理论角度来尝试地分析反讽现象，能够在进一步研究反讽现象的道路上提供新的理论支持。

近年来，美式情景剧在中国大受欢迎，尤其以《生活大爆炸》为最，而其中的反讽对话也是多到不胜枚举。因此，本文以《生活大爆炸》为语料，选择斯柏伯和威尔逊的关联理论当作框架，研究其中言语反讽的运用。

本文希望可以启发将来的研究，将关联理论应用到语言分析中来。本文有利于观众更好地理解和欣赏剧情，也有利于英语学习者理解并运用言语反讽，增强自己的英语应用能力，提高交际的质量和效果。

关键词：反讽；关联理论；生活大爆炸

Abstract

Irony frequently appears in daily communication and literary works. If we can understand and use irony correctly, we will be able to understand the deep meaning of one’s utterances and express our own thoughts. Therefore, for a long time, irony has attracted the attention of scholars from different kinds of fields. Sperber and Wilson’s Relevance Theory does a good job in explaining complicated linguistic phenomena. It provides new theoretical support for further study on irony.

In recent years, American sitcoms are quite popular in China, especially the Big Bang Theory, which involves lots of ironic dialogues. Therefore, this paper chooses the Big Bang Theory as the corpus and Relevance Theory as a framework to research the use of verbal irony.

This paper aims at inspiring future research to apply Relevance Theory to the analysis of languages. It is also helpful for the audience to understand and appreciate the plot of sitcoms better. English learners can benefit a lot too. They can understand and use the verbal irony, enhance their abilities of English application, and improve the quality and efficiency of communication.

Keywords: Irony  Relevance Theory  the Big Bang Theory