合作原则下《生活大爆炸》言语幽默的语用分析_英语论文

A Pragmatic Analysis of the Verbal Humor in The Big Bang Theory under Theoretical Framework of Grice’s Cooperative Principle 

摘要

幽默充斥着人们生活的方方面面。大多数的幽默都是通过语言来产生和传递。长期以来，学者们非常关注言语幽默的研究。而情景喜剧是研究幽默的良好素材。

本文在合作原则的理论框架下，对情景喜剧《生活大爆炸》的言语幽默进行个案分析，旨在探索言语幽默的创作技巧。

七季《生活大爆炸》中随机选择了三十集作为研究样本。作者以剧中的背景笑声为依据，对言语幽默进行标注，并以合作原则的四个准则为标准，将剧中言语幽默分成了四组。最终得出结论：《生活大爆炸》编剧主要是通过违反合作原则来创作言语幽默。

本文丰富了语用学理论下对言语幽默的研究，着重分析了言语幽默是如何通过违反合作原则而产生的问题。作者希望本文能对跨文化交际的研究有所帮助，并且提高观众对言语幽默欣赏水平，更好的理解美国情景剧。

关键词：言语幽默；生活大爆炸；违反；合作原则

Abstract

Humor exists everywhere in human life. Most humor is created and conveyed by means of language. Researchers pay much attention on verbal humor for a long time. Sitcom is a good source for studying verbal humor.

On the basis of The Big Bang Theory, the present research analyzes the humor under the Cooperative Principle framework in order to research into the strategy that how scriptwriters produce verbal humor.

Thirty episodes are randomly downloaded from the seven-season The Big Bang Theory. The author locates each verbal humor with the help of background laughter, and divides these humors into four groups according to the four maxims of CP. Finally, it is concluded that verbal humor in TBBT is mainly by violating CP.

This thesis enriches the studies of verbal humor under the pragmatic framework. It focuses on the point how the technique of violating CP is adopted to create humor. The author hopes this thesis will be helpful to the study of the cross-cultural communication and help people master the skills of understanding and appreciating humor, thus Chinese audience can better understand the American sitcoms.

Key Words: verbal humor  The Big Bang Theory  violation  Cooperative Principle