Abstract

Cooperative principle is an important pragmatic principle. People observe the cooperative principle can get an effective interaction in daily life. But sometimes, people always deliberately violate some maxims of cooperative principle for humorous effects. The thesis analyzes some humorous lines of Friends in season 3 by violating the four maxims of the cooperative principle. Meanwhile the thesis analyzes the application of violating the cooperative principle in microblog, advertisement and entertainment program. Hopefully, this thesis can improve the language learners’ comprehension and the communicative ability of language. At the same time, it also can raise the language learners’ interests in English learning and promote the interpersonal skill.

Keywords: humor; cooperative principle; Friends

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-2

2.1 Cooperative principle-2

2.2 Humor-3

2.3 Brief introduction to sitcom and Friends-4

3. Humor in Friends by the Violating of the CP-5

3.1 Violating the maxim of quantity-5

3.2 Violating the maxim of quality-7

3.3 Violating the maxim of relation-8

3.4 Violating the maxim of manner-9

4. Application of Violating the CP in Daily Humor-10

4.1 Microblog-10

4.2 Advertisement-12

4.3 Entertainment program-13

5. Conclusion-15

Works Cited-16