文档介绍：TheRhetoricalMeansandFunctionsofPunsinEnglishLiteratureIntroductionLanguage,theshipofideology,munication,,orjustcallitpuninaninformalway,innature,aworld-,theword‘pun’didnotappearinEnglishlanguageuntil1662withDryden;yetthisword-,therearemanywordsthatarepronouncedalikeorspeltalike,,inessence,,orinvolvestheuseofhomonyms,’,punsarerhetoricalmeansofusingwordsandphraseswhichcontaintwodifferentideas,conceptions,thingsoremotionsatthesametime,:=NounPhrase(Someonefliesplanes)+VerbPhrase(canbedangerous)=NounPhrase(Planesfly)+VerbPhrase(canbedangerous)InEnglish,,whenitturnstotheShakespeare’sera,,,treatitasaserious,graceful,high-’sNewWorldDictionary,punisdefinedas:Thehumoroususeofaword,orofwordswhichareformedorsoundedalikebuthavedifferentmeanings,’slanguage,,(1631-1700)hasgivenahumorousdefinit