【正文】 Linguistic and Cultural Differences Reflected in Humor of English and Chinese Linguistic and Cultural Differences Reflected in Humor of English and Chinese I Linguistic and Cultural Differences Reflected in Humor of English and Chinese ABSTRACT As a way and purpose for interpersonal munication, humor is an important part of all cultures and language. Although there are many articles about humor, the study in this field is still not enough. This thesis intends to explicate the nature of humor by analyzing some humorous stories and the differences between linguistic and cultural. According to the differences between Chinese and Western cultures, This thesis goes further to make a exploration on the linguistic and cultural reasons that lead to barriers in the understanding of humor in English and Chinese, Western culture and Chinese culture. And the significance of this passage is not only to highlight the importance of different culture learning, but also has a great help for us who read and understand the Chinese and English books. Key words: Humor。 Chinese and Western culture。 Language。 Cultural differences Linguistic and Cultural Differences Reflected in Humor of English and Chinese II 中英文幽默映射的語(yǔ)言與文化差異 摘 要 作為人際交往的一種方式和目的，幽默是所有文化和語(yǔ)言重要組成部分。雖然有關(guān)幽默的文章很多，但有關(guān)幽默的研究一直沒(méi)有得到足夠的認(rèn)識(shí)。本文通過(guò)對(duì)一些幽默故事的具體分析，旨在闡明幽默的本質(zhì)，以及幽默映射出的語(yǔ)言與文化差異。根據(jù)中西方文化的不同，本文又進(jìn)一步探究了影響我們理解中英文幽默的語(yǔ)言與文化障礙。本文的意義不僅在于突出不同文化學(xué)習(xí)的重要性，更對(duì)我們?cè)陂喿x和理解中文和英文書(shū)籍有著很大的幫助。 關(guān) 鍵詞 ：幽默；中西方文化；語(yǔ)言；文化差異 Linguistic and Cultural Differences Reflected in Humor of English and Chinese III Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 2 Literature Review 2 3 General Reflection on the Study of Humor 3 Definition of Humor 錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書(shū)簽。 Types of Humor 錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書(shū)簽。 Linguistic Theory of Humor 錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書(shū)簽。 Origin and Development of Humor in English and Chinese 錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書(shū)簽。 Origin of English Humor 錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書(shū)簽。 Origin of Chinese Humor 錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書(shū)簽。 Development of English Humor…………………………………………… .12 Development of Chinese Humor… .……………………………………… .12 4 Linguistic Formationmechanism of Humor in English and Chinese 6 Humor Produced by Ambiguity 錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書(shū)簽。 Humor Produced by Rhetoric 錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書(shū)簽。 Humor and Pragmatics…… .……………………………………………………… 13 Linguistic Features of English and Chinese……………………………………… .13 5 Different Cultural Factors in English and Chinese Humor…………………………… ..14 Different Cultural Values………………………………………………………… .14 Value System………………………………………………………… ..… 14 Value Contrast…………………………………………………………. ....15 Differert Patterns of Thoughts…………………………………………………… ..15 Different World Wiew…………………………………………………………… ..15 Different Histories………………………………………………………………… 16 Different Social System…………………………………………………………… 17 6 Conclusion 20 References 21 Acknowledgements 22 1 Introduction It is well known that humor is a widespread existence in linguistics. It is so mon that it leaves every area of every country, every race, every nation39。s culture and all field of human. In other words, there are human beings where there must be humorous. One person whether having a sense of humor or not, is universally considered the most plex and delicate humanistic quality that sep