摘　要

双关语是一种重要的语言现象，有多种表现形式并在实际生活中得到了很广泛的运用，如谜语、幽默、商业广告、文学作品等。一些人认为汉语中的“双关”即等同于英语中的“pun”，这可能是由于多数双语词典都把两者作为语义对等词进行处理。
不过，如果对其实例稍加比较我们就会发现它们之间的用法差异，进而可能会对两者间的关系产生疑问乃至困惑。另外，双关语给翻译带来了很复杂的问题，并因其歧义性的特征而招致某些非议。
双关语是英汉修辞的一个重要分支，同时也是修辞学界一个有争议的问题。本文根据英汉双关语的产生条件及构成类型等情况，分析比较英汉双关语的共同点及差异。通过列举典型句子和有趣故事,从音形义的角度对英汉双关语作了对比分析。本文将通过英汉对比研究，来揭示“双关”与“pun”之间的异同点以及分析双关语现象存在的原因及其本质，并进行统一分类，最终探讨研究结果的价值。
本文共分六个部分，第一部分将对双关语进行简要介绍，第二部分讲述其定义与分类，第三部分讲述双关语的发展历史，第四部分讲述双关语在实际生活中的应用，第五部分讲述在翻译双关语过程中碰到的不可译情况与歧义，第六部分将对全文进行总结归纳。

关键词：双关；Pun；对比研究
 
Abstract

Punning is an important linguistic phenomenon manifested in many forms such as riddle, humor, commercial ads, and literature works. Some people take granted that Chinese “shuangguan” is equal to English “pun” as many dictionaries say so.
But if we make a comparison between them in normal examples, we may easily find their difference in use, thereby wonder what their real relationship is. Moreover, punning brings complicated problems in translation, and its ambiguous feature will trigger a heated debate.
Pun is an important classification in English rhetoric devices and Chinese ones, meanwhile, it is controversial. I am going to analyze the similarities and differences on the base of studying how it came into being and the forms. And by taking examples of the typical sentences and funny stories, we can find the contrastive aspects in sounds, forms, and meanings. My thesis is going to explain the similarity and dissimilarity of Chinese “shuangguan” and English “pun” through contrastive study, and analyze the reason that punning comes into being and the nature of punning. In addition, classification will be put forward. And the thesis will give a conclusion of the result of the study in the final part.
My thesis is going to be divided into six part. The first part will give out the brief introduction, then the second part will mainly focus on the definition and classifications, the third part is trying to introduce you the development history of pun, later in the next part, the application part of pun will be talked about. The fifth part comes to the untranslatability and ambiguity in translation part, the last part, a final conclusion will be put forward.

Key words: Chinese “shuangguan”; English “pun”; contrastive study