The Analysis of English Humor from the Perspective of Pragmatic Principle

DOI

10.2991/meici-16.2016.87How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Humor; The pragmatic principle; The referential expression; Prerequisite; The Cooperative principle; Verbal behavior

Abstract

Humor is a ubiquitous, highly rooted and largely meaningful aspect of human experience, an ordinary communicative way in human's daily life and it is an indispensable phenomenon in every language and culture, which can facilitate social interactions and can enrich and beautify human's life. The article analyzes the relationship between the pragmatic principle and English humor employing particular examples of English humor, from the aspect of pragmatic research, namely, the referential expression, prerequisite, the cooperative principle, and verbal meaning, aiming to enable readers to gain a deeper understanding on the phenomenon of English humor and enhance readers' pragmatic ability to carry out successful English communication, which facilitates the English teaching and learning as well.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Zhen Zhou
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TI  - The Analysis of English Humor from the Perspective of Pragmatic Principle
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 6th International Conference on Management, Education, Information and Control (MEICI 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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