英语论文TheRhetoricalMeansandFunctionsofPunsinEnglishLiterature.doc

文档介绍：膆TheRhetoricalMeansandFunctionsofPunsinEnglishLiterature肃Introduction膂Language,theshipofideology,munication,,orjustcallitpuninaninformalway,innature,aworld-,theword‘pun’didnotappearinEnglishlanguageuntil1662withDryden。yetthisword-,therearemanywordsthatarepronouncedalikeorspeltalike,,inessence,,orinvolvestheuseofhomonyms,’,punsarerhetoricalmeansofusingwordsandphraseswhichcontaintwodifferentideas,conceptions,thingsoremotionsatthesametime,:=NounPhrase(Someonefliesplanes>+VerbPhrase(canbedangerous>=NounPhrase(Planesfly>+VerbPhrase(canbedangerous>RTCrpUDGiT袄InEnglish,,whenitturnstotheShakespeare’sera,,,treatitasaserious,graceful,high-’sNewWorldDictionary,punisdefinedas:Thehumoroususeofaword,orofwordswhichareformedorsoundedalikebuthavedifferentmeanings,’slanguage,,