2010Journal of Chongqing College of EducationRequires access

Relevance Theory and the Interpretation of English Humor

Liao Dong-hong

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In order to interpret English humor properly,it is inevitable that enough effort should be made,which means searching the relevance between English humor and presupposition,context,reference and so on.If maximum and best relevance cannot be achieved during the process of turn-taking,contrast in semantics follows,then humor occurs.

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In order to interpret English humor properly,it is inevitable that enough effort should be made,which means searching the relevance between English humor and presupposition,context,reference and so on.If maximum and best relevance cannot be achieved during the process of turn-taking,contrast in semantics follows,then humor occurs.

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In order to interpret English humor properly,it is inevitable that enough effort should be made,which means searching the relevance between English humor and presupposition,context,reference and so on.If maximum and best relevance cannot be achieved during the process of turn-taking,contrast in semantics follows,then humor occurs.

Key concepts: Presupposition, Relevance theory, Relevance (law), Interpretation (philosophy), Context (archaeology), Semantics (computer science), Humor research, Linguistics

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