2005•Journal of North China Institute of TechnologyRequires access
Pragmatic Analysis of Humorous Utterance
Airong Zhang
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Abstract
The paper specifically introduces some theories of pragmatics: cooperative principle, politeness, deixis and relevance theory, by which the paper analyzes the humorous utterance and explores the relationship between pragmatic rules and Humorous utterance. The purpose is to make people know humorous utterance is a matter of pragmatics. The reality of the humor especially depends on implication of the language and the context.