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1、APragmaticAnalysisoftheAmericanHumorinSitcomFriends?Thesisstatement:HowverbalhumorfloutseachofthefourmaximsinCooperativePrincipalandhowtounderstandtheimpliedmeaningbehindthehumorousconversations.OutlineⅠ.IntroductionⅡ.TheCooperativePrincipleandConversationalImplicatureA.ThemaximofQuali
2、ty1.donotsaywhatyoubelievetobefals2.donotsaythatforwhichyoulackadequateevidenceB.ThemaximofQuantity1.makeyourcontributionasinformativeasisrequiredforthecurrentpurposesoftheexchange2.donotmakeyourcontributionmoreinformativethanisrequiredC.ThemaximofRelevanceMakeyourcontributionsrelevant
3、D.ThemaximofManner1.avoidobscurity2.avoidambiguity3.bebrief4.beorderlyⅢ.AnalysisofHumorinFriendsA.HumorProducedbytheDeliberateFloutoftheMaximmofQualityB.HumorProducedbytheDeliberateFloutoftheMaximofQuantityC.HumorProducedbytheDeliberateFloutoftheMaximofRelevanceD.HumorProducedbytheDeli
4、berateFloutoftheMaximofMannerⅣ.ConclusionAbstract：TheverbalhumorinthefamousAmericansitcomFriends,toacertaindegree,preventstheEnglishlearnersfromappreciatingthesitcomeffectively.Thisthesis,basedon??CooperativePrinciple(CP)andConversationalImplicatureTheory,analyseshowverbalhumorfloutsea
5、chofthefourmaximsinCooperativePrincipalandhowtounderstandtheimpliedmeaningbehindthehumorousconversations.Meanwhile,theeffectsofverbalhumorareillustratedindetails.ThestudyissuretohelpEnglishlearnerstoappreciatethesitcomandimprovetheirabilityinunderstandingtheAmericanhumor.?KeyWords:?Ver
6、balhumor?Friends?CooperativePrinciple?ConversationalImplicature?Ⅰ.IntroductionInOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionary(1997:863),thenotionofhumoristhequalityinsomethingthatmakesitfunnyoramusing;ortheabilitytolaughatthingsthatareamusing.Inparticular,verbalhumorplaysanimportant
7、andirreplaceableroleinentertainingpeopleinsitcomssothatitisoneofthemostcommonlyacceptedlanguagefeaturesinsitcoms.Itisafactthatsitcomscatchhighattentionofaudienceworldwide.InAmerican,peopledevoteamountoftheirfreetimetothesitcomsmostlyduetotheirentertainmenteffects.Thepopularityofsitco
