Author(s)

Jiayuan Chen^1*, Jia Gao²

¹Department of English, School of Foreign Languages, Northwest University, Xi’an, China.
²Department of English, School of Foreign Languages, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China.

From ancient times to the present, both language and writing have evolved along with the development of human society. When the culture of language develops to an inevitable stage, it will inevitably produce humor in the language. Humor itself is attached to language, which is a special part of language expression and conveyance. This paper will study the commonalities and differences of humorous speech acts in English and Chinese from the perspectives of pragmatics and intercultural communication, as well as the reasons for commonalities and differences. As we all know, there are huge differences between Eastern and Western civilizations. From the contrast between English and Chinese, it is clear that the humor elements are the same. Taking cultural background as the basis of research, it cuts into two comparison points in the way of thinking and expression from a number of different dimensions, and analyzes the humorous differences between English and Chinese in a deeper level. As a result, communication and translation barriers between the two languages are reduced.

Humorous Language, Cultural Background, Expressions

Chen, J. and Gao, J. (2019) English and Chinese Humorous Languages under the Heterogeneous Domain Valve of Eastern and Western Culture. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 7, 110-117. doi: 10.4236/jss.2019.72008.