Contrastive Studies of Pun in Figures of Speech

Qing Chen Shao; Zhen Zhen  Wang; Zhi Jie  Hao

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.756-759.4721

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Contrastive Studies of Pun in Figures of Speech

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Contrastive Studies of Pun in Figures of Speech. Pun as a figure of speech uses a word or phrase to get two meanings: literal meaning and connotation meaning so as to achieve humorous or sarcastic sense. There are many similarities between English and Chinese but in many ways they are different, while people always subconsciously consider them as equal and use them in any occasions. To solve these problems, this thesis solves them through the contrastive study of English and Chinese rhetorical figure-pun. By analyzing and comparing English and Chinese puns in some typical sentences and dialogues through semantic, pragmatic, cultural perspectives, partial tone, forms, meanings and so on. This thesis show that pun between English and Chinese exists lots of similarities and differences from different perspectives. Through all the endeavors done in this thesis, a better understanding of both languages and cultures, and smoother translation would be obtained. Whats more, people can use puns in English and Chinese languages properly so as to eliminate unnecessary misunderstandings when communicating with others.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 756-759)

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4721-4727

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September 2013

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Qing Chen Shao, Zhen Zhen Wang, Zhi Jie Hao

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Contrastive Study, Cooperative Principle, Differences, Pun, Relevance Theory, Similarity

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