Humor strategies in English and Vietnamese sitcoms from pragmatic perspectives

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  • Pham Thi Thanh Ly*

Keywords:

pragmatics
humor
humor strategies
sitcoms
cooperative principle
languages

Abstract

This study aims to explore how English and Vietnamese sitcom characters violate Grice\'s Cooperative Principle [2] as humor strategies in their daily conversation to create humor. In the light of Grice’s Cooperative Principle, the conversational maxims violated as humor strategies in English and Vietnamese sitcoms are figured out to help EFL learners improve their English competence. Under the investigation into 300 samples from 26 English and Vietnamese sitcoms, we find out 12 groups. The analysis where the descriptive method has been used combined with the qualitative and quantitative approaches is carried out to find out similarities and differences of humor strategies in English and Vietnamese sitcoms.

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Jun 30, 2016
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Pham Thi Thanh Ly*. “Humor Strategies in English and Vietnamese Sitcoms from Pragmatic Perspectives”. The University of Danang - Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 6, no. 103, June 2016, pp. 88-92, https://jst-ud.vn/jst-ud/article/view/570.

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