TITLE:
English and Chinese Humorous Languages under the Heterogeneous Domain Valve of Eastern and Western Culture
AUTHORS:
Jiayuan Chen, Jia Gao
KEYWORDS:
Humorous Language, Cultural Background, Expressions
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.7 No.2,
February
13,
2019
ABSTRACT: 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.