言语幽默的认知语用研究

论文摘要

幽默在人们的日常生活中是一种普遍的现象。幽默在人们的生活中以不同的形式存在,不仅能给人们带来乐趣也同时体现了人类的智慧和创造性。因此,对幽默的研究不仅具有深刻的理论价值,而且具有很大的应用价值。从古到今,幽默是许多研究领域关注的焦点,近年来,随着语言学的发展,尤其是认知语言学和语用学的发展,关于幽默的内在产生机制和解析机制以及它的语用价值越来越引起语言学家和心理学家的重视。鉴于幽默的形式多种多样,本文主要对言语幽默这一主要的形式进行分析。本文利用认知语言学的两个重要理论——概念合成理论和关联理论来对言语幽默进行分析。从认知语用角度详细说明了幽默效果获得的动态过程,以及幽默效果在交际中是如何产生和理解的。认知语言学中的一些解析操作作为语用手段能够对幽默语言的理解作出动态的阐释,而概念合成理论作为近几年刚发展起来的认知语言学理论,以概念合成这一重要的认知解析手段为核心,结合空间合成图式以及概念网络能够对言语幽默的理解作出动态的分析和阐释。关联理论是认知语用学的主要理论代表,它把认知原则引进语用学当中,从而实现了认知语言学和语用学的结合并推动了两者的进一步发展。它的最佳关联原则和最大关联原则以及认知语境等重要的原理能够从认知角度揭示幽默言语产生的内在的原因以及交际中幽默言语的理解问题。虽然概念合成理论和关联理论能够对幽默言语分别作出解释,但是在交际过程中,言语幽默的理解是一个比较复杂的过程,任何一个单独的理论都不能体现这一完整的过程,因此有必要把两者结合起来对言语幽默进行分析,以便形成一个完整的解析过程。当前已经有不少的语言学家为两者的结合作出了尝试性的努力,他们的这些努力是幽默语言的研究开拓了更加广阔的前景。

论文目录

• Abstract
• 摘要
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 General Introduction of Humor and Relevent Theories
• 2.1 What Is Humor
• 2.2 Features of Humor
• 2.2.1 Concise and Implicative
• 2.2.2 Inharmonious
• 2.2.3 Unexpected
• 2.2.4 Unconventional
• 2.3 How to Achieve Humorous Effects
• 2.4 Three Prominent Traditional Theories on Humor Appreciation
• 2.4.1 Superiority Theory
• 2.4.2 Incongruity-Resolution Theory
• 2.4.3 Relief Theory
• 2.5 Linguistic Theories of Humor from the Cognitive Perspectivet
• 2.5.1 Semantic Script Theory of Humor
• 2.5.2 General Theory of Verbal Humor
• 2.5.3 Marked Informativeness and Optimal Innovation
• 2.5.4 Main Features of Cogntive Linguistics on Humor Studies
• Chapter 3 Conceptual Blending Theory in Verbal Humor Interpretation
• 3.1 Introduction of Conceptual Blending Theory
• 3.1.1 The Premises to Achieve Blending between Mental Spaces
• 3.1.2 Conceptual Blending Network
• 3.1.3 Six Optimality Principles
• 3.2 Interpretation of Verbal Humor from CBT Perspective
• 3.2.1 Blending Process in Verbal Humor Interpretation
• 3.2.2 Metonymic Blending in Verbal Humor Interpretation
• 3.2.3 Formalization of Verbal Humor Interpretation by Conceptual Bleong Networks
• Chapter 4 Relecance Theory and Verbal Humor Production and Interpretation
• 4.1 Inroduction of the Relevance Theory
• 4.1.1 Relevance in the Relevance Theory
• 4.1.2 Principles and Presumptions of Relevance
• 4.1.3 Context in the Relevance Theory
• 4.2 The Relevance Theory in Verbal Humor Production
• 4.2.1 Unconsciously Made Humor and Consciously Made Humor
• 4.2.2 Humorous Effects Created by Extra Processin Effort Made in Achieving Real Optimal Relevance
• 4.2.3 Humorous Effects Created through Different Expectations of Optimal Relevance between Communicators
• 4.2.4 Verbal Humor Generated from the Gap between Maximal Relevance and Optimal Relevance
• 4.2.5 Cogntive Context and Verbal Humor Production
• 4.3 The Relevance Theory and Verbal Humor Interpretation
• 4.3.1 Cognitive Context and the Comprehension of Verbal Humor’s Semantic Meaning
• 4.3.2 The Influence of Cogntive Context on Verbal Humor Inference
• 4.3.3 Cogntive Context and Comprehension of Verbal Humor’s Implications
• Chapter 5 Newly-developed CBT and RT in Verbal Humor Interpretation
• 5.1 Insufficiencies of CBT and RT in Verbal Humor Interpretation
• 5.2 New Development of CBT in Verbal Humor Interpretation
• 5.3 The Optimal Relevance in Verbal Humor Interpretation Deducted by CBT
• 5.4 The Combination of CBT and RT in Verbal Humor Interpretation
• Chapter 6 The Use of Humor in Education
• 6.1 Educational Functions of Humor
• 6.2 The Necessity of Humor in Classroom
• 6.3 Guidelines for Using Verbal Humor in the Classroom
• Chapter 7 Conclusions
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements
• Resume