摘要《从语用学角度分析美国校园毕业演讲中的言语幽默》.docx

摘要《从语用学角度分析美国校园毕业演讲中的言语幽默》abstractmanylinguistshavestudiedverbalhumorfromtheperspectiveofpragmaticsandhavehelpedbringhumorresearchintoanewstage.universallyacknowledgedpublicspeechisoneofthemosteffectiveandsignificantwaystocommunicateamongpeople.throughthepublicspeechthespeakersmaybeabletodeclareopinionsexpressemotionsandinspiretheaudience.thoughmanyscholarshavedoneresearchonverbalhumorandpublicspeechesfromvariousperspectivestheresearchonthehumorinpublicspeechesisfarfromenough.thereforetheperceptionandinterpretationoftheverbalhumorinpublicspeechesisaverymeaningfulresearchtopic.inthepresentthesisaqualitativeresearchisconductedontheverbalhumorofcommencementspeechesintheu.s.andthemechanismofverbalhumorgenerationisanalyzedunderthetheoreticalframeworkofthethreepragmatictheories：thecooperativeprinciplethepolitenessprincipleandrelevancetheory.throughtheanalysisinthepresentthesisitpointsoutthathumorouseffectscouldbeachievedbyviolationofthemaximsofcooperativeprincipleabidingthemaximsofthepolitenessprincipleandthegapbetweenthemaximalrelevanceandtheoptimalrelevanceandthedifferentcognitivecontextbetweenthespeakerandthehearer.neitherofthecooperativeprinciplethepolitenessprincipleandtherelevancetheoryalonecouldanalyzeallhumorousutterances.thusthethreepragmatictheoriesshouldbeintegratedtointerpretthemechanismofhumorgeneration.theoreticallyitbroadensthestudyingscopeofverbalhumorbyfocusingthehumorinthecommencementspeechesandprovestheexplanatorypowerofpragmatictheoriesinthestudiesofhumorandpublicspeeches.practicallyitcouldnotonlyhelplistenerstobetterappreciatethehumorinthecommencementspeechesbutalsohelpthelearnersofpublicspeakingcreatemorehumorousutterancesinthedailylifeespeciallyinmakingpublicspeeches.keywords：verbalhumor；commencementspeeches；cooperativeprinciple；politenessprinciple；relevancetheory摘要自二十世纪八十年代以来许多语言学家开始从语用学的角度研究言语幽默并将幽默的研究带入一个新的领域。众所周知公共演讲是一种有效重要的传播载体。通过公共演讲演讲者能够阐述想法表达意见抒发情感激励观众。有许多学者从不同方面对言语幽默和演讲进行了探讨但关于公共演讲中的幽默现象的分析研究较少。因此对公众演讲中的言