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1、AStudyonHumorinSitcomFriends 【Abstract】Humorplaysaveryimportantroleinourlife.Itcanadjustsocialrelationship，amuseone’smood，enrichone’slifeandexhibitone’swisdom.Sitcomisoneofthemostpopularprogramsinmodernsocietyandinithumorplaysanessentialrole.Thisstudyinvestigatesthehumor
2、ousdialoguesintheAmericansituationcomedyFriends，anddiscusseshowthehumorisgenerated. 【Keywords】humor；sitcom；Friends Introduction Asituationcomedy，orsitcom，isagenreofcomedytellingthestoriesofcharacterswhoshareacommonenvironment（homeorworkplace）withoften-humorousdialogue.
3、Itisoriginallydevisedforradiobuttodaytypicallyfoundontelevision.Asisindicatedbythename，situationcomediesintendtobehumoroussoastoamusetheaudience.ThisthesisaimsatinvestigateshumorouslanguageintheAmericansitcomFriendsanddiscusseshowthehumoriscreated. 1.Literaturereview 1.
4、1Situationcomedyanditsmainfeatures TheWikipedia’sdefinitionofasituationcomedyis“agenreofcomedythatfeaturescharacterssharingthesamecommonenvironment，suchasahomeorworkingspace，withhumorousdialogue.”Situationcomedy，originatedinU.S.radiointhe1920sandlatertooktheformoftelevis
5、ionshows. Asitcominitsnatureisacomedyandismeanttobehumorous.Sitcomsusuallyrevolvearoundasamecastofcharactersandthestoriestakeplaceinacommonsituation.Anotherimportantfeatureisthelaughtrack.Toreducecosts，someproducersmaynotuseliveaudienceswhenshootingandusepre-recordedlaug
6、hterinstead.Sitcomsisalsofixedlengthofepisodes.Eachepisodeisfrom20to30minutes.ForAmericansitcoms，eachseasonusuallycontains23to24episodes. 1.2Definitionofhumor AccordingtoAttardo（1994），theEnglishword“humor”or“humour”isderivedfromtheLatinword，inthebeginningitisamedicalter
7、mwhichoriginallymeans“l(fā)iquid”or“fluid”or“moisture”.InearlyWesternphysiologicaltheoryestablishedbyHippocrates（460-370B.C），humorwasregardedasoneofthefourfluids（blood，phlegm，choler，melancholy）ofthebodywhichwereconsideredtodetermineaperson’sfeatures.However，astimepassingby，“h
8、umor”graduallylosesitsoriginalmeaningandgetsmeaninginthefieldofaestheticsandliteraturewithsenseo
