相声言语幽默理解的心理机制——基于关联理论的视角

关联理论对人类的交际行为具有普遍的指导性,其关于话语理解的论述同样适用于相声言语幽默的理解。在关联理论的框架下,运用关联理论的认知语境、语境效果、最大关联与最佳关联等主要概念对相声言语幽默的理解和认知过程进行分析得出：相声幽默言语是一种特殊的最佳关联性话语,对其的深入理解离不开特定的认知语境和语境效果的层层递进,同时也是一个最大关联向最佳关联转化的过程。

Psychological mechanisms of humor in crosstalk:From the view of relevance theory

Relevance theory provides a general guidance for human communication,and its views on discourse comprehension also applies to the understanding of humor in crosstalk.This paper analyzes humor in crosstalk in light of such key notions as cognitive context,contextual effects,maximal relevance and optimal relevance in the framework of relevance theory.The author holds that humorous utterances used in crosstalk are utterances of a special kind of optimal relevance,and that the interpretation of them features not only a progressive process with different contextual effects but also a conversion from maximal relevance to optimal relevance.