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1、HebeiNormalUniversityofScienceandTechnologyBAThesisChapterOneIntroductionIthaslongbeenmyinteresttoreadjokesandtowatchcartoonsandcomedies.Ialsolovetotelljokestomyfriends,classmatesandeventomyteachersandparents.Ontheonehand,Ilikebringinglaughtertopeoplearou
2、ndmeespeciallywhentheyareinfaceoftrouble,depressionordespair.Ibelievethathumorandlaughterarethebestmedicine.Ontheotherhand,ifweareentertainedbythesamething,thedistancebetweenuswillbeshortened.Ibelievethathumorandlaughterhaveakindofmagicpowerwhichcanbridge
3、thegapamongpeopleanddrawpeoplecloser.Beingahumorlover,thefavorofwatchingsitcomswillalsogivemeachancetounderstandandlearnmore.Thisisthemotivation,howeversimpleitmightbe,forwritingthisthesis.AsanEnglishmajorandaloverofsituationcomedy,Istronglyholdtheviewtha
4、tsitcomisoneofthebesttranslatorofhumor.What’smore,FriendsandMyOwnSwordsmanareverypopularandbothofthemaregoodatusingtalkstomakehumors.Notonlytheyhavesomethingincommon,butalsotheyreflecteddifferenthumor.Therefore,Ihaveagreatinteresttodothisresearchaboutthes
5、imilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthetwositcoms.Thethesisconsistsoffivechapters.Chapteroneisthemotivationforwritingthisthesisandintroduction;Chaptertwocomparesthedefinition,originanddevelopmentofhumorinEnglishandChinese.Fromthecomparisonsandcontrasts,thenat
6、ureofhumorcanberevealed.ThenextpartofchaptertwoisaliteraturereviewofthestudyonhumorandadescriptionofsitcomandFriendsandMyOwnSwordsman;ChapterthreeattemptstoexaminethewordplayhumorinFriendandMyOwnSwordsman.Theoriesandexampleswillbeexploitedtoillustratehowh
7、umorisproducedandwhatmakeshumorlaughable;Chapterfourfocusesontheanalysisofhumorproducedbyrhetoric.Itcontainsmetaphor,pun,parodyandirony;Chapterfiveisasummaryandconclusion.21HebeiNormalUniversityofScienceandTechnologyBAThesisChapterTwoGeneralReflectiononth
8、eStudyofHumor2.1OriginanddevelopmentofEnglishandChinesehumorTheterm“humor”isderivedfromtheLatinwordfor“liquid”,“fluid”or“moisture”(EncyclopediaAmerica,14:563).Astimewentby,itgraduallylostitsoriginalsenseandcametobeu
