从合作原则角度看《生活大爆炸》中的言语幽默_英语论文

On Verbal Humor in The Big Bang Theory from the Perspective of Cooperative Principle

摘要

美国著名语言哲学家格莱斯于1967年提出合作原则理论 (Cooperative Principle简称CP)。合作原则是一条重要语用原则，遵守合作原则能取得有效的交际效果。但人们在会话中常常违反此原则来制造幽默效果。对此，本论文以合作理论原则为理论框架，选取美剧《生活大爆炸》中的会话为例，从量的准则，质的准则，关系准则，方式准则四个方面分析其违反合作原则而产生的幽默。同时通过其在广告，翻译，教学中的运用，来为英语学习者更好的了解剧中幽默以及日常生活中的更好的交流提供帮助，减少理解和交流上的障碍。

关键词：合作原则；生活大爆炸；幽默

Abstract

American famous language philosopher Grice put forward to the cooperative principle (CP for short) in 1967. Cooperative principle is a very important pragmatic principle and follow this principle can bring practical results. But in daily conversation, people usually violate it to make the effect of humor. The thesis will use this principle as the theoretical framework and take the dialogues in The Big Bang Theory for example to analyze the humor by violating the CP from four aspects like the maxim of quantity, maxim of quality, maxim of relation, maxim of manner. Meanwhile, this thesis also studies the usage of humor by violating CP in advertisements, translation and teaching. It will help English learner to understand the humors in this comedy and communication in daily life.

Keywords: cooperative principle; The Big Bang Theory; humor 

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 2

2.1 Humor 2

2.2 The Big Bang Theory 3

2.3 Cooperative Principle 3

3. Violation of CP on Humor in The Big Bang Theory 4

3.1 Maxim of Quantity 4

3.2 Maxim of Quality 5

3.3 Maxim of Relation 7

3.4 Maxim of Manner 8

4. Applications in Daily Life 9

4.1 Advertisements 9

4.2 Translation 10

4.3 Teaching 11

5. Conclusion 12

Works Cited 14